seventy-second love

Definitions

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  • noun ordinal The ordinal form of the number seventy-two, describing a person or thing in position number 72 of a sequence.
  • noun fractional One of seventy-two equal parts of a whole.

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Examples

  • His conclusion was that the Ghouls are a gift from the seventy-second century, sent back in time by some enterprising villain to plague the twenty-first.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • Michael looked at his watch and hit the stopwatch function, synchronizing to the seventy-second countdown.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • Michael looked at his watch and hit the stopwatch function, synchronizing to the seventy-second countdown.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • His conclusion was that the Ghouls are a gift from the seventy-second century, sent back in time by some enterprising villain to plague the twenty-first.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • Diego Rivera died in Mexico City two weeks before his seventy-second birthday.

    Rebel without a pause: the tempestuous life of Diego Rivera 2008

  • Michael looked at his watch and hit the stopwatch function, synchronizing to the seventy-second countdown.

    The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

  • This was on the two millionth, one hundred and six-thousandth, four hundred and seventy-second day, long after the award-winning creation,

    The Sound Invisible 2010

  • Not as staggering, though, as that which transpired on the seventy-second green at Liberty National.

    Unplayable Robert Lusetich 2010

  • Diego Rivera died in Mexico City two weeks before his seventy-second birthday.

    Rebel without a pause: the tempestuous life of Diego Rivera 2008

  • Plans were being made for a major retrospective exhibition of her work at the Grosvenor Gallery, London when she died in 1966, just two months short of her seventy-second birthday.

    Irma Stern. 2009

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