How to Use six in a Sentence

six

noun
  • I leave each day at six.
  • His pick-six was the first points the defense had scored all year.
    Giana Han, al, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Jurel hit five sixes and five fours.
    ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Threes, fours, fives and sixes need not apply for the big game these days.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Two teams, two game sixes and the high stakes drove fans to hit the town on a school night.
    Frankie McLister, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • The skipper also hit five fours and two sixes.
    ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • Shelby Harris had two sacks to give him a career-high six on the year.
    Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2019
  • For a long time, six sixes felt to be a mythical achievement.
    The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Travon Holmes came up with a pick-six on East’s next offensive play.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Those six then selected three non-lawyer members of the public.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That’s going to be our strength, our ability to put our fours and fives and sixes way up high.
    Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Breeze had a fumble recovery and a pick-six against the Trojans.
    Michael Lev, azcentral, 12 Nov. 2019
  • After Wilton Speight threw a pair of pick sixes, he was promptly benched.
    Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Outside linebacker Khalil Williams has a team-high six tackles for loss.
    Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The defense got a pick-six, courtesy of linebacker Travin Howard.
    Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 16 Sep. 2017
  • De Kock hit four sixes and four boundaries in his 24-ball 47.
    ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His technique was to re-pattern the bones, turn the sixes up, the fives aligned and facing each other.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 19 July 2023
  • Bevens had a team-high six and Brimhall, Pantovic and Karlberg each had five.
    Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2020
  • This is going to be a competitor for the former, the ones with the turbo-sixes, right?
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Bellevue scored on pick sixes by Aaron Atkins and Colton Hissong.
    Luke Feliciano, Cincinnati.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Holder smashed two sixes and a four and Gujarat passed 200 runs.
    ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The odds of throwing a pair of sixes is small – just 1 in 36, or slightly less than 3%.
    Russ Schumacher, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Before the week, the Eagles had won five of their last six and were on a season-best five-game winning streak.
    Kevin Lonnquist, star-telegram.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Co-opener Salt was quicker with 78 off 36, with six sixes and six fours.
    ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Markram set the tone for the chase by smashing seven boundaries and four sixes in 82 off 46.
    ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Castillo yielded a season-high six runs (four earned), five hits and five walks in 3 2/3 innings.
    Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 23 June 2019
  • The Redskins scored just 10 points on offense, needing a pick-six to reach 17.
    Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Billoups threw for two scores, added two on the ground, snatched a pick-six on defense and picked off another pass late in the fourth for good measure.
    Devin Ugland, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Priyansh Arya chipped in with 43 off 17 balls, including five sixes.
    ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Patrick Robinson has been tremendous as a slot corner and had a 50-yard pick-six against the Vikings.
    Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 4 Feb. 2018

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