eighty-five

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noun The cardinal number immediately following eighty-four and preceding eighty-six.

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It was cool in the dark now—if you call eighty-five degrees cool.

THE EXORSISTAH CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY 2008
It was cool in the dark now—if you call eighty-five degrees cool.

THE EXORSISTAH CLAUDIA MAIR BURNEY 2008
In brief, when I first met Susy, she was eighty-five years old and preparing to die.

The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011
Arnuldo guided the Silver Cloud onto the 10 and across town at eighty-five smooth miles an hour.

Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
The developers succeeded in evicting the neighborhood people from their garden oasis—but two years later the same group of farmers planted a new farm on eighty-five acres outside the city limits.

Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011
And because that will make the pain of death feel like the joys of eighty-five Christmases.

Stories from the War Nathaniel Tower 2011
It took a while because her blouse seemed to have eighty-five buttons.

Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
Billy-Bob thought for a moment, then said, “Uh, about eighty-five cents.”

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
In all, the Allies pushing east would soon field eighty-five divisions, including five to eight newly organized French divisions being trained and the eight French divisions currently deployed.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
“You haven't experienced eighty-five Christmases.”

Stories from the War Nathaniel Tower 2011