How to Use quint in a Sentence

quint

noun
  • Olivia wears circle earrings, while the rest of the quints wear stars.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 10 July 2018
  • The oldest of the quints, Ava and Olivia, are identical twins.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 15 June 2018
  • Skaters should be mathematically able to do a quint Salchow or toe loop.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Malinin started quietly working toward the quint about two years ago.
    — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Frederick added that Louisville Fire is already using quints at two other stations.
    — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2019
  • The parents of the two-year-old quints, as well as 6-year-old daughter, Blayke, came face to face with the reality of Adam's condition.
    — Carly Breit, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2017
  • And some experts think a quint—a quintuple, or five-revolution, jump—is theoretically within reach.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Adam and Danielle Busby, parents of the famous Busby quints, are often flooded with prodding comments from fans online.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 23 July 2019
  • One of the quints, baby Dillon, was barely breathing upon delivery and ended up needing to spend more time in the neonatal intensive care unit after his siblings went home.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Complications from the preeclampsia prevented Briana from seeing the quints until the day after delivery, which made for an even more emotional first meeting.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 16 May 2017
  • Seven engines, one truck, two quints, one squad, one rescue responded to the fire along with a safety officer, two battalions, one assistant chief and a public information officer.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 6 June 2023
  • As Danielle tells us, the quints are gearing up to start their last year of pre-kindergarten, while Blayke is going into third grade and enrolled in her school's gifted and talented (G&T) program.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2019

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