How to Use the masses in a Sentence

the masses

plural noun
  • Steady golf as the masses fade back to Earth.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • An east wind is needed to push the masses ashore.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
  • In a world with no fixed point, the masses could be anything.
    — Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But the hottest ticket wasn’t for the masses.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Still, the masses stuck largely with the go-to chants of both teams.
    — Kevin Coulson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That turned out to be the consensus of the masses.
    — Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
  • In time, Johnson won over the masses.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Not quite as hectic, but the masses kept coming.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2026
  • No one fashion rule applies to the masses.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Counsell may be second-guessed by the masses.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The haters have hardly deterred the masses.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 May 2026
  • Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Speak to your dream customer Most brands try to appeal to the masses.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The market for books can determine which ideas make it to the masses.
    — Willa Rubin, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
  • To appeal to the masses this one includes cheese dip and crushed croutons.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Looking for something that will feed the masses just as well as the loaves and the fishes?
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • He is obsessed with gold, because gold screams money to the masses.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Before the season started, the masses didn’t see a point in that plan.
    — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2025
  • What, though, of the gay couples who’ve made careers out of posting for the masses?
    — Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
  • Bringing new movies to the masses looking for something new!
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2026
  • By the 1940s, it was sought after by the masses.
    — Tammy Algood, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Tweaks to it have been endless, but the masses are more unconvinced than ever.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The Pixies seem to have some newer, younger fans that are joining the masses.
    — Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • There's a new shark-centric disaster movie making its way to the masses.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In other words, what is this artist truly trying to scream out to the masses at this point in time in their career?
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Yet the masses continued much as before.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Phones don’t seem to be the long-term solution, pins flopped, and glasses haven’t compelled the masses yet.
    — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • By that point, Sweeney, Braun and friends had made an early rush toward the door to beat the masses.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
  • If the Vogue office is anything to go by, short hair will continue to sweep the masses this fall.
    — Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, that might change if Google releases Project Mariner for the masses.
    — PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025

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