How to Use and then some in a Sentence

and then some

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  • Talk about doing the most — and then some — with your high school days.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The battery got me through a full day of travel and then some.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Jane Fraser had a front row seat to all of it, and then some.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • He’s held up his end of the bargain on the current one and then some.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • This Dutch oven is an ideal vessel for all of the above — and then some.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There’s no question, though, that, as a person, he is equipped for the job — and then some.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Waterproof mascara is designed to last the night and then some.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Chiefs were double-digit favorites — and then some — at one point this week.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
  • And some people pick up on the weirdest things, and then some people pick up on the most obvious, great things.
    — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • The Brewers see the Dodgers score, and instantly get their runs back, and then some more.
    — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Gators, who have had their share of problems and then some in their secondary, allow 29 points a game.
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When the match kicked off, after an hour’s delay because of severe weather, the football played its part and then some.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • Even for a brief two nights abroad, I was tempted to tote my entire vanity (and then some) in my carry-on.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 22 July 2026
  • The idea was for camera arm to function as a stabilizing gimbal to capture steady footage, and then some.
    — New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
  • So there’s a huge amount of that which was solved with lots of different trickery, and then some VFX.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Featuring two drawers and two cabinets, there’s plenty of room for all of your tablescape styling pieces, and then some.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026
  • Sorry, the signal callers are dominating and could fill a full top-25 list and then some.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • This weekend, Sacramento is getting its fill of potassium, and then some.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Give me the candy candy and then some Reese and mini Hershey peanut chocolate sprinkled in.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The size can easily fit all of the essentials, including your phone, keys, wallet, headphones—and then some.
    — Anna Traver, InStyle, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Some of the interactions are so sweet, and then some of them are a little bit more embarrassing or aggressive or mean.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Simply one of the most fun films ever made, Point Break has earned its status as a pop culture perennial and then some.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • According to Amazon shoppers, there’s one mineral sunscreen that’s up to the task—and then some.
    — Claire West, InStyle, 27 June 2026
  • Certainly the paying customers at Rogers Arena got their money’s worth, and then some.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Its new power-bank standards include UL’s testing categories and then some.
    — Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The internet, of course, has done really, really good things for comedy and then some not so good things for comedy.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • Carolina has one of the best defensive linemen in the league in Derrick Brown … and then some unproven players around him.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mougey secured three future first-round picks and then some to help build Glenn’s vision for this roster, but in turn made a talent-deficit team even weaker in the short-term.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • This year, the party headed to Los Angeles, where all your favorite models — and then some — stomped the runway in lace, lace and more lace.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Brooks, whose live performance style falls somewhere between megachurch pastor and WWE wrestler, matched the energy and then some.
    — Heather Bushman, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

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