sixty-nine
noun
six·ty-nine
ˌsiks-tē-ˈnīn 
1
: a number that is one more than 68 see Table of Numbers
2
: mutual cunnilingus and fellatio : mutual fellatio : mutual cunnilingus
Examples of sixty-nine in a Sentence
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There are sixty-nine of them (plus two collectives) in the new installment.
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The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
O’Bannon is sixty-nine, and she was dressed in a gray-and-white T-shirt emblazoned with five-pointed stars, jeans, and running shoes.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2024
Make the room-temperature standard sixty-nine degrees nationally.
—Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
But in the second half the offense managed just sixty-nine total yards, and ran only three plays past the fifty-yard line.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
In 2008, when Oates was sixty-nine, Smith developed pneumonia.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
Wolfe, sixty-nine, a titan of the American theatre, writes and directs plays and films with an exuberance that feels like the product of freedom unfettered by obligation.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
In March, South African police opened fire on a crowd of thousands of Black South Africans protesting outside the Sharpeville police station, killing sixty-nine people, including children, and wounding nearly two hundred.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2023
At the time, sixty-nine such paintings are adorning Breitwieser’s attic walls.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
O’Bannon is sixty-nine, and she was dressed in a gray-and-white T-shirt emblazoned with five-pointed stars, jeans, and running shoes.
—Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2024
Make the room-temperature standard sixty-nine degrees nationally.
—Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
But in the second half the offense managed just sixty-nine total yards, and ran only three plays past the fifty-yard line.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
In 2008, when Oates was sixty-nine, Smith developed pneumonia.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
Wolfe, sixty-nine, a titan of the American theatre, writes and directs plays and films with an exuberance that feels like the product of freedom unfettered by obligation.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
In March, South African police opened fire on a crowd of thousands of Black South Africans protesting outside the Sharpeville police station, killing sixty-nine people, including children, and wounding nearly two hundred.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2023
At the time, sixty-nine such paintings are adorning Breitwieser’s attic walls.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
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