How to Use fourth in a Sentence

fourth

noun

• She drank a fourth of the bottle.
• In the second, 3. Eight in the third quarter and 3 in the fourth.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
• He was charged in three of the killings, and is the prime suspect in a fourth.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 23 July 2023
• That’s less than a fourth of the number who walked off the job in 2021.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 16 June 2023
• But that was short of the three-fourths vote the measure required to pass.
  — Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019
• The Bruins added a touchdown in the third quarter and two more in the fourth.
  — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2023
• Lillard scored nine points in the first quarter, 13 in the second, 11 in the third and six in the fourth.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
• But the Panthers played Montgomery even for the next two quarters and took the lead in the fourth.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Three-fourths of the deaths were people 65 years of age or older.
  — Alison Steinbach, azcentral, 5 June 2020
• The third season is in the works and it has already been renewed for a fourth.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 8 May 2023
• Megertu was second, Jepchirchir third and Yehualaw fourth.
  — Andrew Das, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
• George Gascón received less than a fourth of the vote on Tuesday night.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• The third season of the show just wrapped and Starz is expected to pick it up for a fourth.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
• But it’s been a second, two fourths and a fifth since in graded stakes.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 4 May 2023
• The Clippers finished the third quarter with a 66-65 lead and led by as many as six points in the fourth.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
• His clutch two-out single in a five-run fourth helped Odyssey pull away.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• Serra scored five in the bottom of the second to cut the deficit to 8-6, added one in the fourth to make it 8-7 and took the lead for good with four in the fifth.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
• Detroit took the lead against Oakland starter JP Sears with a three-run fourth.
  — Dana Gauruder, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
• Catcher Parker Stroh hit a solo home run over the right-field wall in the fourth.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2024
• Now, three-fourths of their fans have been left in disarray.
  — Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2020
• In the fourth, the Fighting Knights scored on an error that brought Shelton home from third base.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
• Three-fourths said the same thing about Russia, while nine in ten of them said it about North Korea.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2019
• The ponytail has a simple plait that wasn't braided all the way through, leaving the last fourth of the Kanekalon hair to sit freely at the end.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 8 Oct. 2021
• This breaking-the-fourth-wall concept works well, in large part thanks to the charms of Christine Brandt in the leading role.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• The Pacers got within nine on a few occasions in the fourth.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2024
• This is Ballerini's third time hosting the show and Brown's fourth.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• About one-fourth of this can go to existing programs and three-fourths will go to new ones.
  — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 29 June 2019
• If Franklin is found to have died without a will, Clarence would receive a one-fourth share, like the other sons.
  — Steve Friess, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2019
• As George rose up for a three-pointer, Reddish fouled the forward with 17 seconds left in the fourth.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Colorado crossed midfield once late in the first quarter and didn't do so again until the fourth.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024