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How to use hundred in a sentence

40 example sentences · numeral, noun

Hundred means a numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten. Example: “A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.”

Examples of hundred by meaning

numeralA numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.

  • hundreds of thousands of faces.
  • A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.
  • The numbers totaled in the hundreds.

numeralThe pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.

  • The briefing starts at eleven hundred, sharp.”2002, Michael Prescott, Next Victim, Signet, page 185

nounA score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.

  • He made a hundred in the historic match.

More sentences with hundred

  • England need a hundred runs, with twenty-five overs remaining. Game on!From the entry on
  • Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.From the entry wireless
  • The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.From the entry give
  • My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.From the entry old
  • The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.From the entry count
  • We spent many hours and days training, but running clubs boast many hundreds of faster members.From the entry many
  • I have put by a few hundred pounds for a rainy day.From the entry put by
  • Ouch, one hundred thousand dollars for a car! I could never afford that!From the entry ouch
  • I thee shall a hundred golden coins; th'amount thou shalt the Queen is much higher.From the entry shall
  • It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.From the entry score
  • The newspaper conducted a random sample of five hundred American teenagers.From the entry random
  • There are fewer tigers than there were a hundred years ago.From the entry fewer
  • The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.From the entry portal
  • A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?From the entry evolve
  • According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.From the entry haunted
  • I've invited three hundred people to my wedding. — You've invited how many?From the entry how many
  • It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife.From the entry jack-knife
  • The tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.From the entry lodge
  • Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return.From the entry leech
  • I've won a holiday to France plus five hundred euros in spending money!From the entry plus
  • Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.From the entry Uzziel
  • I paid a hundred pounds for that, but it was a proper bump, mate.From the entry bump
  • We can send you a hundred pounds a month of pecans to crack up.From the entry crack up
  • There are a few hundred orders that need to be fulfilled by tomorrow.From the entry a
  • The lottery jackpot is worth a staggering three hundred million dollars.From the entry a
  • The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school.From the entry attrition
  • Remarkably, three State assembly elections were decided by a total of fewer than one hundred votes.From the entry remarkably
  • The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars.From the entry bailout
  • The pyramids at Giza are flanked by large cemeteries containing hundreds of mastabas.From the entry mastaba
  • After three hundred years had passed, at last the vampire's soul was free.From the entry at last
  • There were a hundred people in the room, more or less.From the entry more or less
  • Among the hundreds of signers at the conference, most were native signers.From the entry signer
  • The hard drive broke down, so I forked out five hundred dollars for a new one.From the entry fork out
  • She laid out hundreds of dollars to throw a great party.From the entry lay out
  • Professor Jones is an eminent metaphysician; she has produced more than one hundred refereed publications concerning metaphysics.From the entry metaphysician

Meaning of hundred

  1. numeral A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.
  2. numeral The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.
  3. noun A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).

Full definition of hundred

Questions about hundred in a sentence

How do you use hundred in a sentence?
Hundred is used as a numeral and noun. For example: “A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.”
What is a short sentence with hundred?
“hundreds of thousands of faces.”
What does hundred mean?
Hundred means a numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine; ten times ten.

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