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
  • But the Porsche minivan has not yet been made for the masses.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • That turned out to be the consensus of the masses.
    — Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
  • And there is good data out there that is not being brought to the masses.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • There is great and growing anger among the masses about the border.
    — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In other moments, the masses seem to turn on them and even hate them.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Or niche and retro hardware that gets overlooked by the masses.
    — House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • My apologies to those who have won something; the masses don’t.
    — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • No one fashion rule applies to the masses.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • If that was not a quote to fire up the masses, another of his was a bit more like it.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Counsell may be second-guessed by the masses.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The band pushed the style onto the masses in a way that hadn’t been seen–or heard–before.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Can’t wait to get my hands on the single of Zegler singing to the masses.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 July 2025
  • Looking for something that will feed the masses just as well as the loaves and the fishes?
    — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
  • 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

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