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nine times out of ten

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nine times out of ten in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nine times out of ten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of nine times out of ten in a Sentence

  1. D. H. Lawrence:

    For whereas the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible to you. Whereas what you mentally or "consciously" desire is nine times out of ten impossible; hitch your wagon to star, or you will just stay where you are.

  2. Henry Louis Mencken:

    The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

  3. Julie Burchill:

    Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

  4. Clive Staples Lewis:

    Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

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