How to Use enough/plenty to go around in a Sentence

enough/plenty to go around

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  • As far as talent goes, there’s plenty to go around in this group.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
  • But the gigs don’t last and there aren’t enough to go around.
    Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Even then, Heard said there is not enough to go around.
    Ariel Hart, ajc, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Sometimes there is this idea there is not enough to go around.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The kit makes five mini houses, so there’s more than enough to go around.
    Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The best way to spend today is in good spirits, and there’s plenty to go around!
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • More kids than ever need mentors, but there aren't enough to go around.
    Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The only thing tougher than life is love, but in this family there’s more than enough to go around.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Turquoise and Kai live in a very modest house, and though Turquoise works two jobs to keep them afloat, there’s never enough to go around.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 June 2020
  • There are not enough coins going around in America, even though there are enough to go around.
    Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • Now to put that into perspective, Alan, that's enough to go around the Earth at the equator and have some change leftover.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2022
  • There would always be enough to go around for everyone.
    Tanikia Carpenter, Parents, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Migrants slept on thin floor pads; there weren’t enough to go around, so people took turns—one lay down during the day, the other at night.
    Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
  • This set includes eight claw clips in two different styles, so there’s plenty to go around.
    Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The key lime pies are 8 inches in diameter and serve eight to 10 people, so there’s plenty to go around.
    Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2022
  • All the ports share the maximum 40Gbps bandwidth that Thunderbolt 4 offers, so there should be enough to go around.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • There were plenty to go around. Seager, who was named the club’s player of the month on Friday, gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning with a solo home run to right field.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • There is enough to go around for everyone, including me.
    Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2022
  • There wouldn’t be enough to go around this year, not and still meet obligations to keep the river moving adequate water out of state.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The Dakota convertible will go on sale sometime this spring—the exact date hasn't been set yet—and there probably won't be enough to go around.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022
  • The internet’s pipes have gotten so wide that there is generally enough to go around.
    Eva Dou, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Unfortunately for them, there aren't enough to go around.
    Erik Lundh, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The world has become more efficient at producing a lot of food, so much so that there’s more than enough to go around for everyone.
    Sam Delgado, Vox, 4 May 2024
  • Most Indians would clearly prefer to work in white-collar jobs, but there are simply not enough to go around.
    Rohit Lamba, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2024
  • The influx of people combined with drought has strained its water system and a growing chorus of people fear there won't be enough to go around.
    Patrick Linehan, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Arguments over livers are heated because there aren’t enough to go around.
    Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The prevalence of the weapon indicates that 24^th century humanity has more than enough to go around.
    Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2013
  • The state later offered more money, but there wasn’t enough to go around to everyone who needed more to elevate their homes.
    ProPublica, 12 May 2010
  • Experts say the mansion's owners likely lived a life of prosperity and had plenty to go around.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Panicked management scrambled to purchase backup truckloads of meat at huge markups, but there wasn’t enough to go around.
    H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023

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