How to Use hundred in a Sentence

hundred

noun
  • This has been the place of fishers for hundreds of years.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The gems date back hundreds of years to the time of Augustus the Strong, the elector of Saxony and king of Poland.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • And hundreds, if not thousands, more could be closing in the months to come.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2019
  • For hundreds of years, storms were named after saint days.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 2 June 2023
  • For perspective, there were mere hundreds of cars on French roads at the time.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
  • The pattern of waves moves outwards from the center of the dial, and is notched with hundreds of tiny holes that play with the light.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The early screening was one of hundreds held across the country days ahead of the film’s wide release.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 20 July 2023
  • Rae-Venter and Heath’s hundreds of hours of research paid off.
    Lauren Effron, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Singh spent hundreds of hours during her senior year to create the 15-pound piece – and 38-rolls of duct tape.
    Amy Schwabe, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • This year hundreds of African Americans will board flights to Ghana.
    Heather Greenwood Davis, National Geographic, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The wagon will provide hundreds of hours of fun for the whole family.
    Rich Heileman, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • There are hundreds — there might even be a thousand — crystals on it.
    Nadia Neophytou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2019
  • March Madness draws hundreds of thousands of fans to arenas from coast to coast.
    Ralph D. Russo, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The dress has racked up hundreds of five-star ratings from happy customers.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • Things kicked off in front of a raucous crowd in the arena, with hundreds of fans for both teams cheering on their heroes.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • So when a quorum returned to the Senate floor on June 15, hundreds of bills were ready for final votes.
    oregonlive, 25 June 2023
  • In fact, hundreds of styles were just secretly marked down up to 60 percent off.
    Rachel Simon, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The Southland high school football season opens Aug. 17-19 with hundreds of games across the Southland.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Researchers say even rare risks like these may amount to hundreds of thousands of new cases, CNN said.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
  • With each new tree, the group tries hundreds of combinations.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Paramount to lay off hundreds of staffers in cost-cutting effort.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • By both measurements, the T is still hundreds short of its goal for this fiscal year, which ends in seven weeks.
    Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • It’s earned more than 1,500 five-star ratings and hundreds of glowing reviews.
    Isabel Garcia, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • But, for hundreds of years, the felony-murder doctrine has muddled this conceit.
    Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • In the port city of Karachi, police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Mr. Khan supporters who had blocked a key road.
    Munir Ahmed and Riazat Butt, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2023
  • But that’s to be expected: the referees make hundreds of decisions a game; some of them will come at the ends of tight games, and some of those will be wrong.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Almost any tree can be moved, included oak trees hundreds of years old.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In 2012, McMurtry auctioned off hundreds of thousands of books.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • These racks are sturdy (most can hold up to hundreds of pounds) and can handle your big-ticket items, like golf clubs, skis, snowboards, and even bikes.
    Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Many of us use dozens, if not hundreds, of applications for everything from banking and travel to work and games.
    Daniel Newman, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024

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