Example sentences for: tenth

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

  • After King Birendra became sovereign in 1972 — tenth in the line of Shah rulers since King Prithvi the Great — a referendum in which all Nepalis over 21 were eligible to vote confirmed the popular preference for the panchayat system over a return to multi-party democracy.

  • For many years, Menorca — one-fifth the area of Mallorca, with a tenth the population — was one of the best-kept secrets in the Mediterranean.

  • Give me a tenth of that in Israel and I could also see it his way.

  • Kyoto simply means “Capital City,” though it was originally known as Heian-kyo (“Capital of Peace”), the name given to the golden Heian era between the tenth and 12th centuries.

  • Generally, data are recorded for every tenth stop on a route.


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