How to Use third in a Sentence

third

1 of 2 adjective

• We sat in the third row.
• The office is on the third floor.
• Do you have a third choice?
• C is the third letter in the alphabet.
• That's the third time I've seen him today.
• Much of their third tier is gone.
  — NBC news, 7 June 2026
• The third pump gets you the flag.
  — Luke Decock, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
• His wife was about to give birth to their third child.
  — Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
• Or maybe the third daughter is me?
  — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
• The third grader then ran to her home.
  — Bianca Vázquez Toness, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
• Out of the house and into a third space.
  — Megan Shinn, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
• The third-grader then ran to her home.
  — Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
• Love blocked a field goal in the third quarter.
  — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
• The teams square off for the third time this season.
  — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
• This weekend's storm could be the third.
  — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
• Ohtani managed to get to third but failed to score.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
• Now on their third judge, his client is still waiting.
  — Olga R. Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026
• In town the third Thursday of the month?
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
• In the third inning, Bichette watched once more.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
• The Phils tacked one more each in the second and third.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
• The third will be to try to unify the country.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
• And all that does is make third down easier.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2026
• The best things come to those who wait, or perhaps the third time is the charm.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
• The sheriff is running for a third term.
  — Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
• Woodbridge was third in the team points race with 39.
  — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
• The third quarter changed the feel of the building.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
• So far, third quarter results are off to a strong start.
  — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
• The third was deemed too injured to be rehomed.
  — Julian Camejo, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
• The third round was two rounds shy of the semifinals.
  — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 7 June 2026
• Denver might have to move into the third round to get him.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

third

2 of 2 noun

• The win was his third of the year.
• Rent costs two-thirds of my paycheck.
• She divided the cookie into thirds.
• About a third of guests take it.
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• Lehigh struck in the top of the third.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
• The third was a man in his 40s.
  — Noah Goldberg follow, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
• The teams traded runs in the third.
  — Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
• It was tied at 87 by the end of the third.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
• Action may pick up in the third.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
• And then third is health care access.
  — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
• The third is the structural one.
  — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
• The third is almost like the moth to the flame.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• All this happens in the first third of the film.
  — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
• Statewide, about a third of people are renters.
  — Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
• Transfer about one-third of the broth to a blender.
  — Hailee Catalano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
• Detroit took the lead with three runs in the third.
  — CBS News, 22 June 2026
• Soon, one-third of the student body was out sick.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
• Boone was quicker to the draw in the top of the third.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
• One-third of lenders didn’t get the money back.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
• Wells popped out with a runner at third to end the third.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
• More than a third of the student body signed up for the test.
  — Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
• Tuch added an empty-net goal with a minute left in the third.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• But the Gophers made a push in the third.
  — Brad Schlossman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
• And a third, who was described as a man, was shot in the leg.
  — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
• Less than a third of Chicago’s is.
  — Stuart Loren, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
• Booker had 14 points in the third.
  — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
• Nearly two-thirds of the class got up from their seats and left the class.
  — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
• Morton said a third of his patients are on the drugs.
  — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
• Texas answered in the bottom of the third.
  — Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
• Rantanen had the tying goal in the third.
  — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026