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Threes in a sentence
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Threes meaning
plural of three
Using Threes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of three
- In the example corpus, threes often appears in combinations such as: threes and, of threes, in threes.
Context around Threes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Threes
- In this selection, "threes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, five, nine, four, per, worst and kept stand out and add context to how "threes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5 made threes per game and a couple threes just as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "threes" sits close to words such as aca, ashford and atlantis, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with threes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Artists are grouped in threes and tasked with songs based on a theme. (13 words)
Pratt had a trey while Scout Flynn hit two threes for the Bulldogs. (13 words)
The tables turned in the second quarter after Amaya Brown hit a pair of early threes. (16 words)
It’s the eighth time this season Jackson has hit three or more treys, but the first time she has hit 3+ threes or scored 20+ points since logging five threes and 27 points against Auburn on Jan. (38 words)
A year after nailing 63 threes in her sophomore campaign — one shy of Jennifer Self’s school record — Thomas is hoisting 6.3 shots from long distance per game, cashing in a career-high nine threes against Manhattan. (38 words)
After the timeout, both teams struggled to score from the floor, only connecting on six free throws, until Bates connected on two straight threes, including a buzzer-beater to give the Techsters a 28-9 lead after one. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
It was rough sledding for the Trail Blazers in terms of threes, as they accumulated just 11.5 made threes per game (fifth-worst in NBA) and made just 34.5% of their attempted threes (worst).
Those five threes were part of a 26-point outburst in the second half; he hit all five threes in the first nine minutes of the second frame, helping key a 17-4 run.
It’s the eighth time this season Jackson has hit three or more treys, but the first time she has hit 3+ threes or scored 20+ points since logging five threes and 27 points against Auburn on Jan.
A year after nailing 63 threes in her sophomore campaign — one shy of Jennifer Self’s school record — Thomas is hoisting 6.3 shots from long distance per game, cashing in a career-high nine threes against Manhattan.
After the timeout, both teams struggled to score from the floor, only connecting on six free throws, until Bates connected on two straight threes, including a buzzer-beater to give the Techsters a 28-9 lead after one.
Artists are grouped in threes and tasked with songs based on a theme.
Creighton was able to go to Alexander when it needed a basket, and he made a couple threes just as the shot clock was about to expire.
Fairmont State’s Briggs Parris connected on two consecutive threes in less than two minutes to stretch the Falcons’ lead back out to 14, 64-50.
Grant 63, Canada Brentwood College Prep 55: Dilyn Martin made four threes and finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
Grimes played 42 minutes and hit three threes on the night, injecting some defensive toughness and floor-spacing the Knicks desperately needed.
He single-handedly changed the game in the second quarter when he hit four threes in less than three minutes to cut the Toronto lead from 16 down to seven.
Instead, four of Wyoming's starting five finished in double figures and that aforementioned barrage of threes kept 11,000-plus sitting on its hands.
Like many other centers, Jokić can be compromised by a team that attempts a high number of threes with elite shotmakers, but the Nuggets have yet to face those types of players in volume this postseason.
Note: True-shooting percentage (TS) is a measure of scoring efficiency that accounts for threes and free throws.
Pratt had a trey while Scout Flynn hit two threes for the Bulldogs.
Tech shot it well again, hitting 53 percent of their looks, going 22-41 from the field including tying a season-high with nine threes.
The format was a three-player team stableford with two scores to count on all holes other than the par-threes, where all three scores were to count.
The issue with League of Legends LCK is that every one video games are best-of-threes.
The old adage good things come in threes was never more true for the Sunderland couple when the three baby girls were welcomed into the world at just after 6am on Christmas day morning.
The tables turned in the second quarter after Amaya Brown hit a pair of early threes.
Common combinations with threes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- threes and 24×
- of threes 22×
- in threes 16×
- threes to 14×
- threes in 12×
- made threes 8×
- threes per 7×
- two threes 6×
- hit threes 5×
- four threes 5×