Thirds

Examples

• Take a vial about two-thirds full of muriatic acid and put into it little bits of sheet zinc as long as the acid will dissolve them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• But any of these might subsequently be included with the assent of two thirds of the Assembly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Two-thirds of my income goes in paying the interest of mortgages. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It might be more according to the rights of things, to say Two-thirds; it might be more according to the rights of things, to say Three-fourths. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This mishap occurred when she was descending an open slope about two-thirds home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The population of Genoa is 120,000; two-thirds of these are women, I think, and at least two-thirds of the women are beautiful. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Of this, half or more were slaves and strangers, and two-thirds of the free body women and children. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Hevea trees are scattered through the dense forests of practically every part of the Amazon Basin, a territory more than two-thirds as large as the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The bottle stood near them, two-thirds full, and beside it lay a long, deeply stained cork. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is as crooked as any brook, and only from one-quarter to two-thirds as wide as the Mississippi. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Five dollars, sixty-six and two-thirds per cent. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The human body itself consists largely of water; indeed, about two thirds of our own weight is water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• For comfort and health, the air should be about two thirds saturated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The new route is less than two-thirds of the former. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Such was the greed of the fellow, that his mind had shot beyond halves, two-thirds, three-fourths, and gone straight to spoliation of the whole. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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