Example sentences for: one-tenth

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

  • The latter was a reasonable position during the 1930s, when the rate on Treasury bills was less than one-tenth of 1 percent; it is an arguable claim right now for Japan, where interest rates are about 1 percent.

  • Fill vials and centrifuge tubes with the 10% HCl solution and allow to stand a few minutes; fill all larger containers to about one-tenth capacity with HCl solution and swirl so that the entire surface is bathed.

  • After a stay in Madeira, you’re likely to wish your home could be one-tenth as verdant and full of flowers.

  • 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.

  • A talk show is cheap to produce--one-fourth the cost of a news show, one-tenth the cost of a drama--and immensely profitable.


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