How to Use lot in a Sentence

lot

noun
  • They own the house on the corner lot.
  • He bought the vacant lot across the street.
  • Unhappy with her lot in life, she moved to the city to start over.
  • We took a tour of the Universal lot.
  • The organization has done much to improve the lot of underprivileged youth.
  • And there’s lots to talk about.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • And there's lots to choose from.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Squeeze over lots of lime juice.
    — Deputy Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • How will the safe sleep lot work?
    — Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There’s there’s lots of lemon things there.
    — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
  • There’s lots of forests, very rich, very green.
    — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
  • There’s lots of progress in like, the last years.
    — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
  • Serve with hot sauce and lots and lots of bread.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • Ours was one of the last lots cleared on the street.
    — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This lot can fill up on the weekends.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There is lots of a sticky substance too?
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • They are taken to feed lots the next day.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026
  • There will be lots of food and music.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • Car parking is free at three lots.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Mushrooms and lots of black olives.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • There’s lots of ways of doing biopics.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 June 2026
  • There are lots of ways to win a baseball game.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Plays outside, lot of deep over routes.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Click to check if your lot has been recalled.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That proved slightly tricky with this lot.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The rise in build-ready lots means builders have scaled back on their starts.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • And Andy Reid can think of a lot.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • There’s more open space, with quarter-acre lots.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And if Khosla has his way, there’s lots more to come.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And of course, there will be lot and lots of carrot cake.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026

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