Forties is an English word with synonyms like decade or decennium. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Forties in a sentence
Forties meaning
plural of forty
Using Forties
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of forty
- Useful related words include: mid-forties, time of life, 1940s, decade.
- In the example corpus, forties often appears in combinations such as: the forties, forties and, his forties.
Context around Forties
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Forties
- In this selection, "forties" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fabulous, decommissioning, high, making, travel and degrees stand out and add context to how "forties" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in the forties and fifties and and the forties then rose. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "forties" sits close to words such as accented, allin and anadolu, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with forties
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Things didn't change until Freen hit her forties. (9 words)
I’ll bet since the forties I’ve seen fifty of them. (12 words)
Before this match, he had scored one fifty, and a couple of forties. (13 words)
I’d say most people were in their thirties and forties, making the most of the fact they didn’t need to arrange an overnight stay for any child care (just a late babysitter would do) - or they could have a decent night’s sleep ahead of a busy weekend. (50 words)
Red weather alerts have been issued across Europe; wildfires are raging in Croatia, on the Adriatic coast, and in Navarra in Spain; while tourist targets such as the Acropolis have been closed as temperatures have soared into the forties. (39 words)
After all, ask the average person on the street if they know who Oscar Levant was and they will likely respond with a blank stare, especially since his popularity peaked in the forties and fifties. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
After all, ask the average person on the street if they know who Oscar Levant was and they will likely respond with a blank stare, especially since his popularity peaked in the forties and fifties.
Again he explained, “I say so because if you look at me, I am 64 years old but I’m like a forty-year-old, what I can do, most forties can’t do it.
Before this match, he had scored one fifty, and a couple of forties.
Directors may have worked with composers, probably not in the thirties and forties, but maybe in the fifties and sixties.
From the tender childhood years to the fabulous forties and beyond, we’ve got the lowdown on when to kickstart your vitamins and supplements game for a healthier, happier you.
I’d say most people were in their thirties and forties, making the most of the fact they didn’t need to arrange an overnight stay for any child care (just a late babysitter would do) - or they could have a decent night’s sleep ahead of a busy weekend.
I’ll bet since the forties I’ve seen fifty of them.
Its audience spans from young adults in their late teens to individuals in their forties.
Red weather alerts have been issued across Europe; wildfires are raging in Croatia, on the Adriatic coast, and in Navarra in Spain; while tourist targets such as the Acropolis have been closed as temperatures have soared into the forties.
The England and Wales High Court case was, ultimately, focused on who picks up the tab for decommissioning Forties.
Things didn't change until Freen hit her forties.
This quantity plummeted in the course of the Twenties and the Forties, then rose considerably over the next a long time.
A man in his forties is in a serious condition after almost drowning near Nice this morning.
And yet, in my twenties, thirties, and forties I was at least as passionate about social and political issues as I am now — possibly even more so.
A woman in her forties was killed in a traffic accident on Sæbraut in the early hours of Sunday, according to a statement from the Capital Region Police.
Bugsy Siegel, the notorious gangster, held sway here for years as the mafia pretty much ran Las Vegas in the forties and fifties.
Despite some TikTok viewers despairing at the idea of living in close quarters with their sibling as an adult, Lake says the two sisters, who are in their forties, travel well together.
One woman, 39-year-old Victoria Leanne, shared her own tale of horror at the hands of a lowlife man in his forties.
Parts of Western Australia, the nation's largest state, could hit high forties degrees Celsius on Sunday.
Recall that from the Forties through the Fifties, during the first Golden Age of television, there were shows like Kraft Television Theatre (1948-56).
Common combinations with forties
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: