Example sentences for: percent

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

  • Columbia/HCA managers had targets of 15 percent to 20 percent annual growth in charges.

  • The Chronicle of Higher Education attributes the increase enrollment at Christian colleges--up 24 percent between 1990 and 1996--partly to parents' concerns about binge drinking and other behaviors at public institutions.

  • Estimates based on our long-term growth model suggest that the golden rule saving rate for the United States would be more than 30 percent.

  • The WP runs an AP story inside reporting that the number of American children contracting AIDS from their mothers at birth dropped 43 percent between 1992 and 1996.

  • 'Frankly,' he noted, 'the can-you-spare-a-dime thing has got worn out, and it only works about 5 percent of the time.


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