How to Use nine in a Sentence

nine

noun

• The next card was the nine of diamonds.
• She wears a size nine.
• He woke up at nine this morning.
• The crowd, which was dressed to the nines, was given the memo to sit pretty.
  — Danielle Young, The Root, 8 June 2018
• Cheryl and Veronica are dressed to the nines at all times.
  — Kase Wickman, VanityFair.com, 11 May 2017
• She was dressed to the nines, in her highest heels, a tight-fitted dress, and a padded bra.
  — refinery29.com, 25 May 2018
• And Heidi is like fully dressed up —dressed up to the nines and coming down the stairs.
  — Paul Cobler, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2020
• Jon Davis added 14 points, along with a game-high nine assists.
  — George Henry, charlotteobserver, 28 Jan. 2018
• Meanwhile, the crowd were all dressed to the nines, making the most of the all-black-designers dress code.
  — Naomi Elizee, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2019
• Cai took sixth place on the 56th and final hand of the night when his ace-king couldn’t catch up to the pair of nines held by Kevin Maahs.
  — Todd Stewart, sun-sentinel.com, 15 July 2019
• On a recent night, a bunch of teenagers come in dressed to the nines, Cabot’s the after-party for some school event.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2019
• Sale gave up five runs and a season-high nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.
  — Ian Harrison, courant.com, 4 July 2019
• The group—dressed to the nines in black tie—had been sitting in the back of a pick-up truck, confused, for going on four hours.
  — Tyler Joe, ELLE Decor, 18 Sep. 2019
• And all the rest paid off, with him scoring 14 goals in his last nine matches for his best run of the season.
  — Drew Champlin, AL.com, 1 June 2017
• Over the weekend, celebs dressed to the nines to attend Diddy's 50th birthday.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 16 Dec. 2019
• Olsen, who didn’t have a catch last week vs. the Vikings, finished with a team-high nine catches for 116 yards and a touchdown.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 17 Dec. 2017
• And many of those visitors are dressed to the trendiest nines for those photos, too.
  — Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 14 May 2019
• Fred Warner had a team-high nine tackles and forced a fumble.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
• Add Waukesha native Erick Juarez, dressed to the nines in a black tuxedo, to the latter list.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2018
• Khloé’s house was decked to the nines A sea of pink balloons cascading down her grand staircase.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2018
• Carell layered a navy sweater over a dark chambray shirt, paired with chinos pressed to the nines and brown leather sneakers.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2017
• The lack of official sign-off hasn't stopped attendees from dressing to the nines.
  — Temi Adebowale, Town & Country, 19 June 2019
• People can even gain points by dressing to the nines in their village's colors for a chance to win the Spirit Award.
  — Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2018
• Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain were there, dressed to the nines.
  — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2016
• After two quick three-and-outs to start the game, Brees completed his next nine passes.
  — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 7 Jan. 2018
• The elaborate shindig saw Stefani dressed to the nines as Daphne (red wig and all!) and Shelton done up as Shaggy.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• The Duchess of Cambridge dressed to the nines for the occasion, opting for a bright green look with a high neck and elegant puff sleeves.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Dec. 2019
• One dressed to the nines and barefoot, the other looking cool as a cucumber in flared jeans and sneakers.
  — Amanda Sims, House Beautiful, 28 Apr. 2019
• Miranda (6-2) struck out a career-high nine and walked one.
  — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 4 June 2017
• On that day, more than 250 black men dressed to the nines greeted arriving students with high-fives.
  — Marcus Harrison Green, The Seattle Times, 16 Sep. 2018

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