TWELFTH in a Sentence

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 Meanings and Examples of TWELFTH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
twelfth
 a.  coming next after the eleventh and just before the thirteenth in position
 n.  one part in twelve equal parts
Classic Sentence:
1  Boxer's twelfth birthday was due in the late summer of the following year.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
2  His twelfth birthday was approaching.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
3  Given at our palace at Belfaborac, the twelfth day of the ninety-first moon of our reign.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III.
4  On the twelfth of July, on the eve of that action, there was a heavy storm of rain and hail.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence:
1  He received a twelfth of the money.
2  The former champion went down to a hammer-blow in the twelfth round.
3  The twelfth in a set or sequence.
4  The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.