How to Use fifth in a Sentence

fifth

noun
  • The bill is due on the fifth of each month.
  • She donated a fifth of her income to charity.
  • Four men died; a fifth made it out alive.
    — Matteo Moschella, NBC news, 4 June 2026
  • About one-fifth of the world’s oil comes through the strait.
    — Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The loss was the Mariners' fifth in a row.
    — CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • There in the fifth, there were some 94 in there.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Oakland took the lead in the third and widened it in the fifth.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In the fifth, De La Cruz walked.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The fifth is set to go on trial later this month.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The length of her body is one-fifth of a millimeter.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Rosenior did not manage a fifth of that.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Around one-fifth of the world’s oil transits the Strait.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The strait saw about one-fifth of the world's oil pass through it prior to the war.
    — Dan Mangan,emma Graham,hugh Leask,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 June 2026
  • Teel led off the seventh with a home run, his fifth of the season.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And a fifth of job seekers on the hunt have been looking for a year.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Before the war, the strait carried a fifth of the world’s crude oil.
    — Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026
  • Before the war, the strait carried a fifth of the world’s crude oil.
    — David McHugh, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • Gonzalez got the last out of the fourth but gave up three runs in the fifth.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2023
  • The Lancers added a run in the fourth and put up five in the fifth to break open the game.
    — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
  • Pierce got out of the jam when DeKippe popped out to third to end the fifth.
    — Zach McMahon, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
  • The Vikings fall to fifth and will open the postseason on the road.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Turkey imports about half its oil and a fifth of its gas needs from Iran.
    — David Gauthier-Villars, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Scott cruised through the first four innings before giving up a run in the fifth.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
  • Meyers' goal was his career-high fifth of the season.
    — CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Nystrom, who loved Banks, had him fifty-fifth for the same reason.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • One man could take up a fifth of the team’s budget in the not-too-distant future.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
  • Sosa homered in the first inning in Game 2 and again in the fifth.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • That would mean only around one-fifth of the combined board would be Queens trustees.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In the fifth, Rafaela led off with a double but was caught trying to steal third.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Eloy Jiménez led off the third with a homer and Zavala homered again in the fifth.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2023

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