How to Use a lot in a Sentence

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  • That says a lot about our team.
    — Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026
  • This shows a lot about our team.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There's a lot of news about it.
    — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a lot of joie de vivre.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But the truth is a lot messier.
    — Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a lot more games to play.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The fans have put up with a lot.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There was a lot to get in there.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Time has stopped on a lot of them.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • This world is just a lot of noise.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
  • Then there’s a lot to say there.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Coach has done a lot of good things.
    — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • This has caused me a lot of stress.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • So, right there that tells us a lot.
    — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a lot of time in the car.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a lot of worse things in life.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Doesn’t that sound like a lot of work?
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a lot of hours in the day.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • So there’s a lot of things have changed.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2025
  • His films have a lot of craft in them.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Zach has done a lot, these nine episodes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a lot of ways sci-fi can go.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 May 2026
  • There was a lot of hype about it back then.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This will make the process a lot less putzy.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This project means a lot to me and the team.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
  • There are a lot of guys with a lot to prove.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
  • There's a lot to do in Foxboro.
    — Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • There’s still a lot at stake and a lot to learn.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a lot of artists out there, too many to name.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2025
  • There's been a lot of love and loss at the same time.
    — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026

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