How to Use a whole lot in a Sentence
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There's bound to be a whole lot of surprises and celebrity cameos at the Big Game...but that's a start.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Samsung managed to pack a whole lot more of that into its launch event and promotional materials.
—Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2025
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But so are trial, and error, messiness, patience, preparation and a whole lot of physical labor.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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There’s a whole lot of wonderful detail of how Mike Vrabel’s brought him back to New England.
—Chad Graff, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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Okay, fine, formal scarves aren’t really doing a whole lot in terms of warmth, but there’s nothing wrong with a vestigial accessory.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2025
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But there were also a whole lot of happy Hornets fans who saw Charlotte gut out a win despite shooting only 40.8%.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2025
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The set was re-released this Jan. 7, however, as a 72-hour webstore exclusive, and is expected to sell a whole lot more than that this time around.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
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Not that the Knights look like a team that needs a whole lot.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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There’s not a whole lot of change ahead in the forecast.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
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But if the last year was about the NFL, the future is about a whole lot more.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
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Can’t ask for a whole lot more in the back third of July.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
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Oh, and her cat looks a whole lot like the one from the movie trailer.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2023
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And there’s a whole lot that has to happen behind the scenes to get to that point.
—Sarah Klein, SELF, 24 July 2024
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There are a whole lot of things; shows, store openings, and more.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
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There's just not a whole lot of shows like that anymore.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 July 2024
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So there’s a whole lot of things that are open questions.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 8 May 2023
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And after this, a whole lot more boomers and Gen-Xers might too.
—Vulture, 6 July 2023
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Plus, Flores got to have a whole lot of fun with it this time around.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
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Right now, there aren’t a whole lot of other jobs out there.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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This gift will make movie and game nights a whole lot better.
—Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
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Cars come whipping around the corner and the tight curves in the road make 45 mph seem a whole lot faster.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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Four hundred fifty sheets mean there’s a whole lot of quirk to go around.
—Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
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The success of Bluey has yielded a live show plus books and toys and a whole lot of merch.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
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But even the best spray still requires a whole lot of scrubbing.
—Megan Lasher, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
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And the country is going to be needing a whole lot of that oil.
—Gerson Freitas Jr., Fortune, 28 Jan. 2024
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That process takes a whole lot of effort, there's a whole mountain to climb.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2023
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There’s a whole lot of places where the quantum world and the everyday world don’t mesh.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 10 June 2023
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There are a whole lot of older white people in this room.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
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There’s a whole lot more value to your ecosystem if all of your friends are in it.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
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The Cowboys, meanwhile, cannot stop the run, which leads to a whole lot of other bad stuff.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
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