Ninety-nine has 3 syllables.
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| 1. | Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine plus one is ten thousand. | |
| 2. | Eighteen plus eighty-one is ninety-nine. Nineteen plus ninety-one is one hundred and ten. | |
| 3. | What comes after nine hundred and ninety-nine? | |
| 4. | Nine hundred and ninety-nine plus one is one thousand. | |
| 5. | Ninety-nine always makes me laugh. | |
| 6. | My grandfather lived to be ninety-nine years old. | |
| 7. | Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. | |
| 8. | Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. | |
| 9. | Tom died at the age of ninety-nine. | |
| 10. | She became a great-great-grandmother just days before turning ninety-nine. |