How To Use 40th In A Sentence

  • Stokell's win in the first of two Nations Cup races was his 40th and a record tally in the series.
  • It was the 140th day of the lockout, and as he spoke, he looked out a floor-to-ceiling glass window not far from the AmericanAirlines Arena -- the building where the Heat play their home games.
  • When he sits down to celebrate his 40th birthday next Wednesday, this most abstemious of professionals can raise a glass to himself and genuinely declare he could not have done any more or any better.
  • Stars of the entertainment world turned out to celebrate his 40th year in show business.
  • Best Novella: Cuarenta siglos os contemplan (The 40th Century is watching you), Sergio Mars (Grupo AJEC) Science Fiction Awards Watch » Blog Archive » Premios Ignotus Winners
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  • But it came only after a ding-dong struggle that was finally settled at the 40th hole, equalling the longest match in the championship's history.
  • He is approaching his 40th birthday, and thinking of retiring from sport.
  • Both countries observed the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations this month.
  • The elevator proceeded at a snail's pace, finally reaching the 40th floor.
  • Tell golfing partners for the 40th time how the phrase mashie niblick always makes you laugh.
  • In order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moonlanding, a Furby will be tied to rockets, a countdown will be made and we'll livestream its launching, in a happening taking place in a very crowded square. Archive 2009-07-01
  • The vineyard area extends from the tropic of Capricorn in the north to the 40th parallel in the south.
  • The company created a copy of their 1960 ident for the repeat of the first episode of the series to mark the programme's 40th anniversary last December, but deliberately made it look as fuzzy as an old telerecording would now be.
  • The 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings and of V-E and V-J days had filled the air with encomiums to our long-lost martial splendor, and I naively felt bad that B. Bunny had to serve in the debased, modern Marine Corps. Getting Their Guns Off
  • Put in to bat by Strauss on the easiest of the three surfaces this series, India lost the wicket of Virender Sehwag to the first ball he faced on his return to the side and by the end of the 40th over, with Dhoni propped on his bat at the non-striker's end, the tail-ender Amit Mishra was walking back to the dressing room with the scoreboard showing 111 for seven. India 224, England 84-0 | Third Test day one match report
  • In order to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moonlanding, a Furby will be tied to rockets, a countdown will be made and we'll livestream its launching, in a happening taking place in a very crowded square. Moonpander
  • On the 40th day the cavity now grown larger was quite filled with the body, which was covered with a thin membrane; after this membrane was removed the body appeared of a bright green, and was easily divided by the point of a needle into two portions, which manifestly formed the two lobes, and within these attached to the lower part the exceedingly small plantule was easily perceived. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
  • My mum had a big 40th birthday party at a local hotel. The Sun
  • In 1993 Tashi led the 40th Anniversary Everest Expedition to mark the 40th anniversary of the first successful expedition of his grandfather, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.
  • On the same day, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi also exchanged congratulatory messages with his Sierra Leonean counterpart J. B. Dauda on the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties.
  • The infantryman was the 140th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since Canadian soldiers first went there in 2002 to fight the Taliban. Canada.com Top Stories
  • Stars of the entertainment world turned out to celebrate his 40th year in show business.
  • The 40th anniversary pen features a piece of "Kapton" foil, used as protective thermal insulation on the Apollo 11 Command module, Columbia, which carried the astronauts to the moon and back. ShoppingBlog.com
  • For his 40th birthday - before his barefooting days - McDonald set his sights on an Ironman, but his back got in the way. The Seattle Times
  • The twins celebrated their 40th birthdays with a party and hooley at the Country Club, Hollybrook last week.
  • Here he is, dressed up in characteristically flamboyant manner as a Russian general as he helped celebrate artist Sam Taylor-Wood's 40th birthday at a fancy dress party in the East End. Gallery: Let HARRAH
  • And because she had always dreamed of going on safari for her 40th birthday she decided to install a stone giraffe and elephant in their garden. The Sun
  • He himself, however, by much more exact observations, with an excellent altazimuth, reduced the alleged error from 20 minutes to only 4-1/2, or to 9-40ths of its formerly supposed value. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
  • He joined the 40th Division as an army chaplain.
  • This year sees the club celebrating both the Centenary of Rotary International and the 40th Anniversary of the North Cotswolds Club.
  • On March 26, 2011, Chinese President Hu Jintao exchanged congratulatory messages with his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
  • Club class to Australia for their 40th wedding anniversary. Times, Sunday Times
  • Nobile, a mother of two, ages 7 and 8, in Hingham, Mass., says the 40th birthday party isn't about "hanging onto the past. Among Generation X women, age 40 is party time
  • Rebecca Harrison was taken ill mid-way through the race but battled on to finish 40th.
  • Marking the 40th anniversary of the existence of the union of seven churches has been a culmination of a multitude of ups and downs for the UCZ.
  • Under his expert hand, the Wiener Philharmoniker, apt to phone it in for something as "quotidian" as Mozart's 40th, shines and sparkles with the swank and swagger only it has. Archive 2007-01-01
  • FOUND in Woodbridge, Virginia: John Picciano, the wandering lamster and chief of staff for New York's about-to-be-imprisoned 40th police commissioner, Bernard Bailey Kerik. Len Levitt: Kelly and Cohen: The End of the Line
  • Then he jumps up to preview some of albums released as the label celebrates its 40th birthday: first a track from the duo album reuniting Jarrett with the bassist Charlie Haden, a member of the pianist's American quartet in the 70s and a frequent contributor to ECM's mid-period output, then a piece from Officium Novum, the new collaboration by the Hilliard singers and Garbarek, whose own debut LP was ECM's seventh release, in 1970. Manfred Eicher: the sound man
  • On Sunday my sis and and her husband are having a 40th birthday party.
  • The haute designer will launch a collection for Target April 25 that will include a stretchy gold Lurex halter dress for $49.99 or about 1/40th of his typical runway-line prices. 'Mom, I'll Make a Profit Soon'
  • Meanwhile, the 40th Group went to Chakulia; the 468th to Kharagpur; and the 462nd settled at Piardoba. Whirlwind
  • My 40th birthday was celebrated in the Himalayas, where I took valuable pictures of the red goral, one of the world's most endangered animals.
  • Jones upset the 40th-ranked American, Cunningham.
  • A small Chian coin of which the exact value is unknown: if it amounted to 1/40th of the gold stater (20 drachmae) it would be worth 3 obols, 4d. The History of the Peloponnesian War
  • This was the ideal rite of passage for my 40th birthday. Times, Sunday Times
  • He died today of natural causes, only 39 years old, just shy of his 40th birthday.
  • The first story ran on Li's 40th birthday, timing that no one at Baidu dismissed as coincidental.
  • In his 40th film as director, Woody Allen revisits themes of life, love and mortality that he has examined before; but this time the humor is a bit darker and the characters, perhaps, more desperate. Woody Allen's Latest Movie Takes Darker Look at Life and Love
  • Some friends recently clubbed together to buy me a telescope for my 40th birthday, and I've had great pleasure from it.
  • North Dakota native Chris Breitling produced a documentary while he was a film student -- the film, Zap Revisited, is now available for the first time on DVD in commemoration of the 40th anniversary. Boing Boing
  • This year the 40th anniversary of Plantagenet Wine, is the story and history of its wines and founder Tony Smith. In 1960 Tony Smith, an English gentleman, migrated to Australia.
  • John is a lonely gay man with a father fixation and a forbearing best friend (played by John Cardone with impish charm) who worries about the approach of middle age in the form of his 40th birthday.
  • There was quite a knees-up on Saturday night, when Nancy and Paddy Hughes celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary in style!
  • Had she lived no doubt she would have been celebrating her 40th birthday today with family and friends who regarded her happy-go-lucky person.
  • Homeopathic remedies to consider include belladonna 6th to 30th at the earliest stage of inflammation; euphrasia eyebright 6th to 40th when there is copious flow of tears but perhaps a feeling of grittiness and dryness; and apis 6th to 30th if there is great redness of the conjunctiva with sensitivity to heat. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
  • The nation's 40th chief executive knew it would be tough on the light of his life.
  • Please provide your Current Contact and Bio Information for the 40th Reunion Book.
  • Germany, the rotating presidency of the European Union, in a letter from the German foreign ministry to the Speaker of the Knesset, Dalia Itzek, refused to attend the Israeli official 40th anniversary celebrations of "reunifying" Jerusalem, where no single foreign embassy retains premises anymore and where the celebrations were also boycotted by all foreign envoys. 'Cleansing' the Two-state 'Vision' in Jerusalem
  • On the 40th anniversary, Ed Bradley, who was a football player for Cheyney State, which played against other state colleges, powerhouses like Kutztown or any school ending with the last four letters "burg". CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2006
  • ‘In 2002 we celebrated the 40th anniversary of friendly relations between the two cities,’ he said.
  • The 40th anniversary of the last National Serviceman to be demobbed is being marked by a special weekend of parades, guards of honour and the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.
  • Lashings of food and drink were laid on and everyone raised a toast to Dave as he blew out the candles on his 40th birthday cake.
  • He joined the 40th Division as an army chaplain.
  • She gave a big 40th birthday bash for her husband.
  • It didn't seem so, and the approach of my 40th birthday induced a bout of full - blown midlife angst.
  • His swimming marathon last summer was on the occasion of his 40th birthday.
  • SOCHAUX GOAL: Pierre-Alain Frau in the 40th minute USATODAY.com

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