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twenty-three
[ twen-tee-three, twuhn- ]
noun
- a cardinal number, 20 plus 3.
- a symbol for this number, as 23 or XXIII.
- a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
- amounting to 23 in number.
Example Sentences
Counting the layover in Hong Kong, it took Mother twenty-three hours to fly from London to Sydney.
“However, taking twenty-two and twenty-three minutes to transition from a non-emergency activity — like eating a meal, writing a report, or using the restroom — to respond to a priority-one gunshot call is unacceptable.â€
Now I am a brain with twenty-three cameras attached to it sitting on a table in a laboratory.
“Maybe. I don't know yet. Only takes twenty-three hours by bullet train to get to New York City. I looked it up.â€
Two thousand twenty-three also brought utter devastation when a rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco in September, damaging thousands of villages in the mountains south of Marrakech and killing nearly 3,000 people.
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