How to Use number in a Sentence

number

1 of 2 noun
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  • The page numbers are on the top corner of each page.
  • Think of a number between one and one hundred.
  • Never give out your credit card number to anyone over the phone.
  • I'm waiting for the number 3 bus.
  • What's the account number on your electricity bill?
  • Today's winning lottery numbers are 17, 8, and 46.
  • Both of these numbers were down from over half in the late 1950s.
    — Kenneth S. Baer, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2017
  • On the field, there will be a number of stark contrasts.
    — Joshua Robinson and Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • That first number was crucial in setting the tone for the night.
    — Jhoni Jackson, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2023
  • That said, there will be a number of new faces in the sequel as well.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 29 June 2022
  • Tad claims those texts didn’t come from him and that’s not his number.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Here is a tribute to just a small number of them, in their own words.
    — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Under the numbers, there are nine stars to represent the lives lost in the crash.
    — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Their numbers made sense to them, but not to anyone else.
    — Mary Williams Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2018
  • And the last number is for the number of height or presence channels.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 17 Nov. 2023
  • There’s strength in numbers and there’s strength in a unified voice.
    — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 13 July 2018
  • That number cannot grow very large, though, as that would drive atoms away.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2018
  • The prison cells hold double the number of men the space was intended for.
    — Brice Laine, CNN, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The passing game has struggled and there have been a number of drops.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 14 June 2018
  • In the best-case scenario, someone will text back with a name and a phone number.
    — Erin Delmore, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Each session hones in on different parts of the body, and the number of reps vary.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Submit your full name along with your city and state, email, and phone number.
    — Country Living, 4 Jan. 2019
  • There are a number of tea options, though, not all are in stock right now.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 15 Dec. 2022
  • There are any number of examples of how bad the league has been on the issue of race.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 23 May 2021
  • If the number had gone down, I probably would’ve been locked out of the edit.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Few people want to be thought of as just a number, let alone a fraction.
    — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The recent death brings the state’s total number of deaths to seven.
    — Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2020
  • But overall, the report isn’t as rosy as the headline number seems.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 28 Oct. 2022
  • On the website, there is no email or phone number listed.
    — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Smith also wrote down the fan's phone number and ordered him a new iPhone.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2022
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number

2 of 2 verb
  • Each print is signed and numbered by the artist.
  • He numbers her with the other great poets of the time.
  • The team's coach bought all the players numbered jerseys.
  • The animal, which once numbered in the millions, is now extinct.
  • She numbers and arranges the photographs according to when they were taken.
  • In that year, European settlers in the area numbered nearly 15,000.
  • By the end of the war, Tuve’s staff would number over 1,000.
    — Jamie Holmes, Wired, 4 Aug. 2020
  • There are four species of the virus — numbered dengue 1 through 4.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The combos are numbered on the menu, and the com tam dishes go all the way to No.
    — Kate Washington, sacbee, 9 Feb. 2018
  • On Friday, the app had dropped from the top 10 free apps on the App Store to number 14.
    — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The first batch, mixed from scratch and rolled out by hand, will number about 50.
    — Wyatt Williams, Bon Appetit, 18 Apr. 2017
  • The first batch, mixed from scratch and rolled out by hand, will number about 50.
    — Wyatt Williams, Bon Appetit, 18 Apr. 2017
  • There are four serotypes of dengue, numbered 1 through 4.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 July 2023
  • By the time of my visit, their last group had numbered around 25.
    — Aaron Cantú, The New Republic, 12 Sep. 2019
  • May the latter be a glimmer of hope that his State of the Unions might be numbered.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2019
  • If the two schools are combined, Sparkman climbs to number three on the list.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Yoon is aiming to take the country to number four by 2027.
    — Time, 13 July 2023
  • In other parts of the country, colonies may number in the millions.
    — David Ferry, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The black dots that number each side are hollow, so faces with more spots weigh less.
    — Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The rocks, which number around 800, are at least a kilometer or more in size.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2023
  • The two then needed to organize and number the pages of the papers.
    — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Each seat is numbered, so servers know where to go with the food ordered in-theater.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The same blue Hannah used to number her cassette tapes?
    — Victoria Rodriguez, Seventeen, 20 May 2018
  • Season ticket sales, which once numbered in the dozens, have grown to 2,500.
    — James Montague Samuel Aranda, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • With the pandemic over, crowds should again number in the hundreds of thousands for the week.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2022
  • Your days of having to drive or walk to get your Starbucks fix are numbered.
    — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, refinery29.com, 25 July 2019
  • The Bristol Stool Form Scale is numbered 1–7 and is used to assess how hard or loose stool is.
    — Julia Landwehr, Health, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The days of cottonwood trees in Highland's parks and along its streets are numbered.
    — Craig Lyons, Post-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The front-loading bobbin is easy to load, thanks to the numbering system on the machine.
    — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The trail features 14 bridges — they're numbered along with mile markers.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2017

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