How to Use six in a Sentence

six

noun
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  • I leave each day at six.
  • His pick-six was the first points the defense had scored all year.
    — Giana Han, al, 1 Dec. 2019
  • The Dragons took the lead on a 1-yard pick-six with 5:31 left in the third quarter.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 17 Feb. 2020
  • The Army game, and the 28-24 loss to visiting UConn when the Huskies scored on a pick-six, should have been wins.
    — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Threes, fours, fives and sixes need not apply for the big game these days.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Bevens had a team-high six and Brimhall, Pantovic and Karlberg each had five.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2020
  • The Redskins scored just 10 points on offense, needing a pick-six to reach 17.
    — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Shelby Harris had two sacks to give him a career-high six on the year.
    — Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The defense got a pick-six, courtesy of linebacker Travin Howard.
    — Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Patrick Robinson has been tremendous as a slot corner and had a 50-yard pick-six against the Vikings.
    — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Travon Holmes came up with a pick-six on East’s next offensive play.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Scored on an 80-yard pick-six and 99-yard fumble return.
    — Brian Gosset, star-telegram, 10 May 2018
  • Bellevue scored on pick sixes by Aaron Atkins and Colton Hissong.
    — Luke Feliciano, Cincinnati.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • His technique was to re-pattern the bones, turn the sixes up, the fives aligned and facing each other.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 19 July 2023
  • Before the week, the Eagles had won five of their last six and were on a season-best five-game winning streak.
    — Kevin Lonnquist, star-telegram.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Breeze had a fumble recovery and a pick-six against the Trojans.
    — Michael Lev, azcentral, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Sam Schlesinger got the scoring action going with a 25-yard pick-six to give the Tiger Sharks an early 7-0 lead.
    — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • After Wilton Speight threw a pair of pick sixes, he was promptly benched.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2017
  • That’s going to be our strength, our ability to put our fours and fives and sixes way up high.
    — Megan Woodward, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Carter hit all three of his 3-point attempts in that game on the way to 14 points, along with five rebounds and a season-high six assists.
    — Nick Kosmider, The Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2017
  • Outside linebacker Khalil Williams has a team-high six tackles for loss.
    — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • One came in the end zone that would have put MSU ahead by 32 points before halftime, and the final was a pick-six that was his second in three games.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The final pass was the seventh time this season that Winston had thrown a pick-six, which also is an NFL record.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 30 Dec. 2019
  • In fact, a lot of sixes do things that just need to be done behind the scenes that other people don’t want to do, Stabile adds.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 11 June 2023
  • Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan, who already had thrown a pick-six to Glover Quin, dropped back to pass.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2017
  • When the title hits the screen, the three sixes dissolve to red, emerging as the Number of the Beast as some canned, demonic go-go rock plays.
    — Jordan Hoffman, HWD, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Sale struck out nine but gave up a season-high six runs on 10 hits, including Todd Frazier's two-run homer in the fourth.
    — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • Castillo yielded a season-high six runs (four earned), five hits and five walks in 3 2/3 innings.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 23 June 2019
  • Their second touchdown came on a pick-six when Webb intercepted Darnold on a slant and ran in for a score.
    — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 30 Dec. 2017
  • After an innings of runs and sixes, the excitement shifted to an innings of wickets when the Knight Riders were up to bat.
    — Peter Rauterkus, Dallas News, 14 July 2023

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