an awful lot

idiom

informal

1

: a large amount

They lost an awful lot of money.

She does an awful lot of talking.

2

: very much

I like him an awful lot.

Examples of an awful lot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now there were an awful lot of can-of-corn fly balls within that excess - only the Nationals had weaker average fly ball authority among NL clubs - but all of that volume has an impact. —Tony Blengino, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

There have been an awful lot of Chinese self-driving car companies making moves to go public lately, haven’t there? —Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024

That’s an awful lot more than a standard Zoom call, although the company does offer a full-size model on a lease for $2,500 a month. —Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024

If the Yankees go on to lose this series, Boone’s characteristic over-thinking will leave a bitter taste in an awful lot of loudly cursing mouths, although the manager wasn’t alone in his haplessness. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024