How to Use nine in a Sentence
nine
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The crowd, which was dressed to the nines, was given the memo to sit pretty.
—Danielle Young, The Root, 8 June 2018
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Cheryl and Veronica are dressed to the nines at all times.
—Kase Wickman, VanityFair.com, 11 May 2017
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She was dressed to the nines, in her highest heels, a tight-fitted dress, and a padded bra.
—refinery29.com, 25 May 2018
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And Heidi is like fully dressed up —dressed up to the nines and coming down the stairs.
—Paul Cobler, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2020
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Jon Davis added 14 points, along with a game-high nine assists.
—George Henry, charlotteobserver, 28 Jan. 2018
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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
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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
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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
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Sale gave up five runs and a season-high nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.
—Ian Harrison, courant.com, 4 July 2019
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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
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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
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Over the weekend, celebs dressed to the nines to attend Diddy's 50th birthday.
—Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 16 Dec. 2019
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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
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And many of those visitors are dressed to the trendiest nines for those photos, too.
—Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 14 May 2019
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Fred Warner had a team-high nine tackles and forced a fumble.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
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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
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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
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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
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The lack of official sign-off hasn't stopped attendees from dressing to the nines.
—Temi Adebowale, Town & Country, 19 June 2019
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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
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Emma Stone and Jessica Chastain were there, dressed to the nines.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2016
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After two quick three-and-outs to start the game, Brees completed his next nine passes.
—Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 7 Jan. 2018
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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
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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
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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
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Miranda (6-2) struck out a career-high nine and walked one.
—Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 4 June 2017
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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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CovCath scored on seven of its next nine drives after that.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 13 Oct. 2017
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By this point, Michael’s mother, Esther (Wendie Malick), has shown up dressed to the nines with breaking news of her own.
—Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 17 Sep. 2017
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Young recorded a career-high nine tackles (four for loss) to go along with three sacks and two fumbles forced.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2019
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