How to Use fourth in a Sentence
fourth
noun- She drank a fourth of the bottle.
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In the fourth, the Heat as a team went 2 for 7 from the free-throw line.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 June 2024
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The Highlanders cut the lead in half with two runs in the fourth.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
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In the second, 3. Eight in the third quarter and 3 in the fourth.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
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Smith got just enough to push it over the wall to make it 1-0 in the fourth.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2024
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The Canes scored early in the fourth to cap the scoring.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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New York went up by 28 in the third quarter and 35 in the fourth.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
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He was charged in three of the killings, and is the prime suspect in a fourth.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 23 July 2023
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That’s less than a fourth of the number who walked off the job in 2021.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 16 June 2023
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The Dodgers built an early 4-0 lead, but the Yankees took the lead in the fourth.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Tyler Soderstrom put the A’s on the board with a two-out double in the fourth.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
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Cleveland came charging back in the fourth to erase the deficit.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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Snider, who scored three runs and drove in two and walked, hit a two-run homer in the fourth.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2025
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The Griffins held a 2-0 lead until the Warriors put up six runs in the fourth.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
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In the fourth, Cleveland loaded the bases with one out.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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But that was short of the three-fourths vote the measure required to pass.
—Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019
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The Rays went back up 6-4 when Danny Jansen hit a two-run homer in the fourth.
—Compiled From Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
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The Bruins added a touchdown in the third quarter and two more in the fourth.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2023
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Lillard scored nine points in the first quarter, 13 in the second, 11 in the third and six in the fourth.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
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Home runs by Cooper Hummel and Brice Matthews in the fourth stretched the lead to 10-4.
—Timothy Malcolm, Chron, 29 Sep. 2024
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But the Spurs closed the quarter on a 10-2 run to cut the deficit to just three entering the fourth.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
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Los Angeles has 12:00 left in the fourth to make a run.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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But the Panthers played Montgomery even for the next two quarters and took the lead in the fourth.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
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No other Knick took more than three shots in the fourth.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Olson's two-run homer over the center-field wall tied it at 2-all in the fourth.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Paredes broke a 2-all tie with a leadoff homer to left field in the fourth that sparked a four-run inning.
—ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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The city withheld at least some amount of money for a fourth of the invoices.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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Littell continued to take it on the chin in the fourth.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Bullock said the island was more than two acres years ago and is now around a fourth of an acre.
—Sondra Hernandez, Houston Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2026
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Anton Romo doubled to lead off the fourth for Pacifica.
—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026
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