sixty - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • century: In the late Sixties of the last century, an NSU Wankel Spider was seen in Meriden, driven by Doug Hele.

Converse of object

  • swing: Everybody knows that the Beatles ' " Lovely Rita " was a real live person - a London traffic warden in the swinging sixties.
  • remember: It's especially fun to talk with people who remember the sixties.
  • have: The Open University's Background Brief on teleportation is not particularly memorable, but What Have The Sixties Ever Done For Us?
  • cover: There is no rule to grouping together the better websites currently around and covering the sixties and seventies.

Adjective modifier

  • mid: Till The Morning Brings my Train is sublime mid sixties pop.
  • late: Some years later, Frank, now in his late sixties, returns to Hong Kong to search for Lizzy.
  • early: In the early sixties the Arthur Murray School of Dancing decided to set up in London.
  • middle: Bill was a former 2nd XI captain who continued playing cricket until his middle sixties.
  • very: This couple are in their very late sixties, and discovered boating a couple of years ago.
  • good: The second London cast in the show feature on the record, and deliver some of the best Sixties sounds on record.

Modifies a noun

  • soul: Sixties soul, Seventies disco, Eighties groove and Today's dance hits.
  • garage: Massimo del Pozzo Review: David Kerekes A European take on the sixties garage music scene, which is published around once a year.
  • icon: Mini Performance Manual by Tim Munday The ' classic ' Mini is a sixties icon that remained in production for 40 years.
  • rock: Sixties rock music had evolved ( like all rock and roll ) from rhythm and blues which was based around the same four chords.
  • band: At the time I was working for a middle of the road pop group called the Honeybus a typical one hit wonder sixties band.
  • fashion: Sixties Fashion is complemented by Sixties Graphics, in the Museumâs 20th Century Gallery.

Noun used with modifier

  • cult: Every one bangs on about what a cult sixties film it was, but it was utter drivel.

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