Examples of “sixth” in a Sentence

adj Coming after the fifth in a sequence; 6th.

• This is her sixth attempt at passing the driving test.
• Our flat is on the sixth floor, so we usually take the lift.
• The sixth person in the queue was holding a bunch of flowers.

noun One of six equal parts of something.

• He ate a sixth of the cake.
• Each of the six friends paid a sixth of the restaurant bill.
• Only a sixth of the garden gets sun in the morning.

noun In music, the interval spanning five steps up the scale from a given note.

• The melody opens with a leap of a major sixth.
• From C up to A is a sixth, and the choir sang it beautifully.
• The song's chorus rises by a sixth, which gives it a hopeful sound.