Sixties

Definition of Sixties

The decade from 1960 to 1969.

How should Sixties divide into syllables

The first syllable 'six' has one vowel 'i' and one consonant 's', and the second syllable 'ties' has two vowels 'i' and 'e' and two consonants 't' and 's'.

Part of Speech - Sixties

My grandparents always talk about their memories from the sixties.

Sentences with Sixties

• My parents were teenagers in the sixties.
• The fashion in the sixties was very different from today.
• The Beatles were a popular band in the sixties.
• Martin Luther King Jr. made significant strides for civil rights in the sixties.
• The space race between the US and the Soviet Union was a significant event of the sixties.
• The sixties was a time of social change and upheaval.
• Many iconic movies were made in the sixties.
• The sixties marked the end of the post-war era.
• The counterculture movement of the sixties emphasized freedom and nonconformity.
• The Woodstock festival in 1969 was a defining moment of the sixties.

Quotes with Sixties

• "In the sixties, love was free; it came in colors you could see; it came to those who felt it near and free." - John Lennon
• "The sixties were about personalities. It was the first time when mannequins became personalities. It was a time of great goals, an inventive time... and these girls were very individualistic, original characters." - Mary Quant
• "The sixties were a time when ordinary people could do extraordinary things." - Paul McCartney
• "I was a child of the sixties, a time when people stood up for what they believed in." - Stephen Moyer
• "The sixties were a time of tremendous change, of upheaval, of revolution, of innovation." - Tom Brokaw

Number of characters in Sixties

7 ( s, i, x, t, i, e, s )

Unique letters in Sixties

5 ( s, i, x, t, e )

Sixties Backwards

seitxis

Phonetic Transcription of Sixties

IPA (International): ˈsɪksti:z

ARA (American): ˈsɪkstiz

EPA (English): ˈsɪksti:z

SIH-KSTIY-Z