Number example sentences
Related (12): count, digit, figure, numeral, quantity, amount, total, sum, enumerate, calculate, numerical, numeric
"Number" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- a number of
- by the numbers
- number one
- phone number
- lucky number
- back number
- number plate
- whole number
- prime number
- safety in numbers
- number crunching
- your number is up
Examples by Level
A1
- My number is five.
- What is your phone number?
A2
- The number of people in the room was about twenty.
- Can you number these pages for me?
B1
- A large number of students didn't show up to class, so the teacher rescheduled the test.
- She's been calling that number all week but nobody answers.
B2
- The number of complaints has increased significantly, which suggests there's a real problem we need to address.
- He performed a jazzy number that had the whole audience on their feet.
C1
- The sheer number of variables involved makes it difficult to predict the outcome with any real confidence.
- What struck her most was not the number of people who left, but the silence of those who stayed.
C2
- There's something almost mathematical about grief — the number of days that pass doesn't diminish it, just redistributes it differently.
- The number of times we rehearse a story doesn't make it more true; it only makes us better at believing it ourselves.
Examples by Scenario
🏠 Everyday Life
- I can never remember my neighbor's house number — it's always something different in my head.
- The number of times my kid asks for a snack in one afternoon is absolutely ridiculous.
💼 Workplace
- Can you number these files before you file them away?
- The number of emails I got today was insane — I gave up trying to answer them all.
📊 Business
- Our sales number for Q3 exceeded projections by fifteen percent.
- The number of customer complaints dropped significantly after we implemented the new system.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
- I spent an hour comparing prices and the number of options for coffee makers is overwhelming.
- The price tag didn't have a number on it, so I had to ask someone at the register.
✈️ Travel
- I couldn't find my seat because the number on my ticket didn't match the row.
- The number of delays we experienced made the trip take twice as long as planned.
📚 Education
- The teacher asked us to number our answers from one to twenty.
- A surprising number of students didn't know how to calculate percentages.
❤️ Relationships
- The number of times he's disappointed me is starting to feel like a pattern I can't ignore.
- She saved my number in her phone with a heart emoji, which made me smile for days.
📰 News / Politics
- The number of voters who turned out was lower than in previous elections.
- Officials released a statement about the number of casualties, though the real figure may be higher.
💻 Technology
- The number of apps on my phone has gotten out of control — I deleted fifteen today.
- The algorithm assigned each user a number to track their behavior across platforms.
📝 Formal Writing
- The number of participants in the study was sufficient to draw statistically significant conclusions.
- Please number all footnotes consecutively throughout the document.