How to Use number two in a Sentence

number two

noun
  • And then hide in plain sight, is number two.
    — Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Boyfriend number two flopped right out of the league.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Heroin is number two, then crack.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But number two, what has Russia lost?
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
  • But his number two is now running the country.
    — CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The year peaked at number two on the charts for that record, with 143 days.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Example number two is a no-cost loan.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Along comes host number two, an ant, who definitely gets the raw deal.
    — New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
  • And know your audience, that’s number two.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026
  • And number two, just because this exists in our city, every bar in town has punk bands.
    — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • After reaching number two last year, these crowd-favorite dumplings have risen to the top spot.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Isar is now ready to take the lessons learned from the first crack and apply them to attempt number two.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • And number two, stop killing protesters.
    — Seyed Rahim Bathaei, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Number one, the hand with the phone is going down, and number two, the hand with the gun is coming up.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
  • As far as a solution to our big number two problem, there are two main lines of thinking.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
  • All three family members liked basket number two and hoped one of their names would be pulled.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
  • With so many hikers on the trail and in the wilderness, number twos can be a number one issue.
    — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
  • JetBlue and Southwest were tied in the number two spot.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Ring number two soon followed, just a few weeks after the proposal.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But number two is overthinking.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And number one, they're sealed, and number two, each window weighs about 600 pounds.
    — Toby Meyjes, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Houston, Texas, is right between the two cities, ranking number two.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • And over the years, number two will start flowing into bucket number three and number one.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Everybody knows the basic outlines for number two, but what is your plan for number three?
    — Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Lesson number two underscores the huge impact muscle mass can have on your health.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
  • There's no order saying this is the one, number one driver, and this is the number two driver.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Ryan Coogler’s box office hit Sinners landed at number two on the list.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The number two singles match was called off before the start of the third set due to rain, but it would have been played if necessary.
    — Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 10 June 2025
  • Louisiana is still number two in duck harvest.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2026
  • And their number one and number two customers are China and India.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 11 May 2025

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