Example sentences for: fifteenth

How can you use “fifteenth” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The word privy is one of the earliest euphemisms used in England; an anonymous writer at the turn of the fifteenth century advised whanne he sitteth at privy he schal not streyne him-silf to harde.

  • And the piece waits until its fifteenth paragraph to mention welfare reform, which removed a financial incentive for having children out of wedlock--and then, claiming that the drop has been steady long before welfare reform was passed, says that "according to some people who monitor fertility rates" it was not a significant factor.

  • In March, July, October, May, The Ides are on the fifteenth day, The Nones the seventh; all other months besides Have two days less for Nones and IdesJohn Barlett, Familiar Quotations, 13th ed.

  • A coming-of-age celebration and ceremony for a young girl on her fifteenth birthday.

  • Then, what about using How manieth/ How manyeth for an answer that contains an ordinal number like fifth, tenth, fifteenth?


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