Sentence examples for about a fiftieth from inspiring English sources

Murres need to eat about a fiftieth of their body weight in small fish per day to survive.

Their petition contends that companies in Vietnam, where the average income per person is about a fiftieth of America's, are subsidising rich Americans' taste for catfish.

Now it's about a fiftieth of $50 billion; its $3 billion of senior secured bank debt is quoted at 50 cents on the dollar, and its $4.8 billion of junk bonds fetch about 20 cents on the dollar.

Today its contribution is about a third.

"Talk about a sixth man," he said.

About a sixth of the population never returned.

A novel about an eighth grader's healing through art.

"About a second," I said.

About a third said yes.

How about a first-timer?

About a third of them cost between $250 and $1,000.