Example sentences for: one-fifth

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

  • Measured by investment, only about one-fifth of the 10% is invested in innovative products (Love 2003a).

  • Of the 50 managed stocks in the northeast Atlantic Ocean—including invertebrates, sport fishes, and major commercial finfish—data are kept on only one-fifth of the species.

  • (The WP informs that fully one-fifth of the Senate--19 senators--appeared on the Sunday shows.)

  • For example, London and New York have nearly the same population, with London having 66 percent more thefts and 57 percent more burglaries but only one-fifth as many robberies and only one-tenth as many murders.

  • So suppose advertisers direct one-fifth of their resources onto the Internet.


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