How to Use five in a Sentence

five

noun

• The store is open until five.
• I get off work at five.
• The two exchanged high-fives at one point on the court.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• When the Cubs scored the first runs of the game, no hand was missed as high-fives broke out across the room.
  — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2017
• More hugs, chest to chest, more high-fives, skin on skin.
  — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2020
• But soon, she's met with high-fives and cheers from her friends.
  — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 28 Sep. 2015
• The 10-year-old smiled and gave high fives after his first win.
  — Ann Norman, cleveland.com, 9 May 2017
• Navy has been ranked during the season four times in the last fives years.
  — Dan Gelston, The Denver Post, 14 Dec. 2019
• Afterward, many of the players ran over to the stands to thank the fans with handshakes and high-fives.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2019
• Threes, fours, fives and sixes need not apply for the big game these days.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2020
• Dhillon held his arms in the air and exchanged high-fives with a pair of fans sitting courtside.
  — Joey Kaufman, Orange County Register, 4 Mar. 2017
• Louisville City players stopped to give Jase high-fives and say hello.
  — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2017
• Head out to the court after the game for autographs, photographs and high-fives with the team.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Oct. 2017
• For the first time in team memory, the player receiving hugs and high-fives on the field is a girl.
  — cleveland, 30 Oct. 2019
• Dressed in uniform, Dorion greets the kids at the finish line and gives them high-fives.
  — Monty Davis, kansascity.com, 22 June 2017
• Toulouse treats its under-fives to Roquefort-cheese tart.
  — The Economist, 17 Feb. 2018
• Boo Torres high-fives Hilary Leonard, who just made her first cut with a chop saw.
  — Benjamin Romano, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2018
• At the shelter, he's quickly met with a merriment of high-fives and pats on the shoulder.
  — Mayra Cuevas, CNN, 21 May 2018
• Hundreds of teens line the aisles, exchanging high-fives.
  — Scott Kirsner, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2000
• Zubac stood in the doorway as Mrsic went around the room, offering high-fives.
  — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 16 July 2019
• The couple, after some verbal high fives, start having sex on the dead bear.
  — Lucas Peterson, GQ, 22 May 2017
• Teachers lined up to give her high-fives and hugs in the House hallway after her comments.
  — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 1 May 2018
• High-fives awaited Gonzalez in the Rockies’ dugout as Bryan Shaw jogged in to pitch.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2019
• Kephart had the gregariousness of a beefy high-school jock giving high-fives in the halls.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 26 May 2017
• That’s going to be our strength, our ability to put our fours and fives and sixes way up high.
  — Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Sep. 2019
• Hamels was pegged with the loss after allowing three runs on fives hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 29 Mar. 2018
• At Northam’s event in Arlington, there were cheers and high fives as news spread that he had been declared the victor.
  — Washington Post, 13 June 2017
• At Northam's event in Arlington, there were cheers and high fives as news spread that he had been declared the victor.
  — Alan Suderman, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2017
• Coaches and players were encouraged to wear a face mask — the majority did not — and not give high-fives.
  — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2020
• After the play, Conforto received high-fives from teammates in the San Francisco Giants dugout for his sacrifice fly and just had to speak up.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024