How to Use three in a Sentence

three

noun

• I leave each day at three.
• Three threes in a row don’t bode well.
  — Agnieszka Szpila, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
• Will O’Connor made four threes.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
• Then, more people will dunk threes.
  — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2025
• All three players made four threes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
• Amir Jones made six threes and had 26 points.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
• Big guys shot threes, guards drove the lane and kicked the ball out for more threes.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
• And there's the three kids and the three women and all these threes.
  — Esther Kang, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
• Only eight made threes for them tonight, and our guys are locked in.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 June 2023
• Sharpe and Brown then traded threes.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
• Clark hit nine threes, on her way to forty-one points and twelve assists.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
• The Knicks are shooting well on wide-open threes.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
• Borlase hit a big shot, Rhy hits those big threes.
  — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 24 May 2026
• Those threes were part of a 19-4 run that broke the game open.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
• An old Latin phrase argues that all good things come in threes.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 24 Feb. 2025
• Guy is insane in three-on-threes and doing sprints.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
• Damien is tough to beat when its players are making threes.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
• Indiana made eight threes in the first half.
  — ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
• Mike Conley turned back the clock and hit four threes for the club.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
• When the paint is protected, teams don’t get as many open threes.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
• All of those role guys are going to have wide open threes in the playoffs.
  — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2019
• If the three’s not falling then switch up the offense and work the paint.
  — Jay King, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
• Four threes in each of his first three playoff games against the 76ers.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
• This whole thing could look different if two or three of those threes went down.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
• The Eagles made 14 threes on the night.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• Williams finished with 7 threes and a game-high 25 points.
  — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2026
• Boston hit just 26% of their threes, and over half of their shots came from deep.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
• Arizona was the top team in the nation and made only six threes a game.
  — Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
• Even with that loss, the Celtics were able to bomb threes and win Game 5.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
• Plus, miss me with the idea that Clark couldn’t be used to run off screens and shoot a few threes.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 June 2024