twentieth - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • size: In Africa, Lake Chad is now a twentieth of the size it was in the 1950s, leaving millions potentially without water.

Adjective modifier

  • early: Possibly it was late nineteenth century or early twentieth.

Modifies a noun

  • century: To bring the class in to the twentieth century we were then given writing books.
  • anniversary: We are also delighted to welcome Alasdair Fraser for the twentieth anniversary of Fiddle Week which will take place in August.
  • centurythe: Late twentieth centurythe its roots in a great excuse will love these.
  • text: Classic twentieth century texts can be reread as environmental texts.
  • birthday: Bertie Harvey NEWS FROM ORKNEY VINTAGE CLUB The 23rd of November, 2002, was the twentieth birthday of Orkney Vintage Club.
  • dynasty: Third Intermediate Period After the twentieth dynasty, Egypt must have had problems.

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