thirty-two
noun
thir·ty-two
ˌthər-tē-ˈtü 
1
: a number that is one more than 31 see Table of Numbers
2
: a .32 caliber handgun
—usually written .32
thirty-two
adjective
thirty-two
pronoun, plural in construction
Examples of thirty-two in a Sentence
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Dixon had spent thirty-two years in New York’s prisons and today works as the deputy director of Parole Prep, a nonprofit that helps people advocate for their release.
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Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
The startup, co-founded by twenty-year-old Kristian Lukauskis of Miami, twenty-year-old Alexander Dillon of London, and thirty-two-year-old Sairam Vangapally, says sellers on Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce will be able to run key tasks with a single plain sentence.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
My father was a thirty-two-year-old tank commander who had crossed to occupied France shortly after D-Day, fought in the savage battle for Caen and then on through northern France.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
An all-stadium tour, the trek comprised of thirty-two concerts with a 40-song setlist each night.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
Unsurprisingly, then, Lee’s untimely death in 1973, at the age of just thirty-two, sparked a heated tussle over his legacy that would be played out publicly in international media.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 8 Aug. 2025
The mom-to-be's post garnered over thirty-two thousand reactions with thousands of Redditors taking to the comment section to discuss.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
Finally, at thirty-two, that once comforting form of control had led to my demoralization.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
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Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
The startup, co-founded by twenty-year-old Kristian Lukauskis of Miami, twenty-year-old Alexander Dillon of London, and thirty-two-year-old Sairam Vangapally, says sellers on Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce will be able to run key tasks with a single plain sentence.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
My father was a thirty-two-year-old tank commander who had crossed to occupied France shortly after D-Day, fought in the savage battle for Caen and then on through northern France.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
An all-stadium tour, the trek comprised of thirty-two concerts with a 40-song setlist each night.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
Unsurprisingly, then, Lee’s untimely death in 1973, at the age of just thirty-two, sparked a heated tussle over his legacy that would be played out publicly in international media.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 8 Aug. 2025
The mom-to-be's post garnered over thirty-two thousand reactions with thousands of Redditors taking to the comment section to discuss.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
Finally, at thirty-two, that once comforting form of control had led to my demoralization.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
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“Thirty-two.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thirty-two. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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