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UK
/twˈɛntɪz/
]
[ US /ˈtwɛniz, ˈtwɛntiz/ ]
[ US /ˈtwɛniz, ˈtwɛntiz/ ]
NOUN
- the time of life between 20 and 30
- the decade from 1920 to 1929
How To Use twenties In A Sentence
- She was a slim blonde girl in her twenties who might have stepped out of a fashion advertisement in a women's magazine.
- The woman is white, in her late twenties to early thirties, roughly five feet five inches tall and of medium build.
- I kept folding up the wads of twenties and stuffing them in the pocket of my shorts.
- What I've generally de-duced is that men in their twenties are ignorant of the relevance of most feminist issues and think feminists are in varying degrees: full of hot air, lesbians, killjoys. Feminist blogs in english » 2008 » July
- No major American artists in the twenties were making totally abstract, non-objective paintings.
- One woman in her mid twenties had left the church in her teenage years.
- If you delay child-bearing until your mid-twenties or your early thirties, you are far more likely to have a good job, educational qualifications and a stable relationship.
- In her twenties, she enjoyed the life of a highly paid executive at a dotcom company to the full. Times, Sunday Times
- Morris Goldsworth came out of the central room accompanied by a well-suited, ponderous young man in his twenties, marking his catalogue. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
- We should therefore not be surprised that the twenties were an enthusiastic display of unchaperoned dating, provocative dress, and exhibitionist behavior.