How to Use multiple in a Sentence

multiple

1 of 2 adjective

• She made multiple copies of the report.
• He suffered multiple injuries in the accident.
• Though shot multiple times, the victim was able to flee the scene.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 17 June 2023
• At one point, traffic was stopped after a banyan tree branch fell on top of multiple cars and blocked the road.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• From 1974 on, it’s been housed in the Opry House, where acts ranging from up-and-comers to big names play multiple nights a week.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2023
• After the shark kills multiple people, the town’s police chief, a shark hunter and an oceanographer take to the seas to put a stop to the killing.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• Rayner said your best bet is to look in a field with multiple boxes.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2024
• But many here have fled airstrikes multiple times and say that going back is a death sentence.
  — Yan Naing, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• Knox’s story has been the subject of multiple onscreen projects to date.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
• Borisouth repeats multiple times that the receipt is in his pocket and yells for the officer to read it.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• Zyra Sharpe was a passenger in a 2005 Honda Accord that left the road and struck multiple trees.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• The film holds a sort of unique place in the Batman canon, which has been around as long as a whole person’s — or multiple people’s — lifetime.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
• Fresh off of multiple wins at the 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards, including artist of the year, the new album is sure to be fuego.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
• This date night gift idea features 100 of the greatest films across multiple genres.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
• It is now found in more than 30 states and multiple Canadian provinces.
  — Erika Howsare, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2023
• Reps for Grande, Gomez and Slater have not returned multiple requests for comment.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
• The festival takes place at multiple venues at Strathmore from April 12-14.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
• So far this year, 92% of attempts sought to censor multiple titles, according to the ALA.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• But Ysabella has tons of energy and gets me outside to go for walks multiple times a day.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• Last August, police from multiple agencies swarmed the Del Amo mall after a brawl broke out.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
• Disposable vapes have been the cause of multiple fires in recycling plants in recent months.
  — WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
• After cooking multiple dishes in the wok, clean-up was super easy, and afterward, the wok looked brand-new.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
• In the face of multiple, cascading crises in American life, the pressure is on to be optimistic.
  — Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
• Navarro also owned a restaurant with his wife and has served on multiple boards and commissions.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
• But Wang considers that to be a losing battle on multiple fronts.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Ridley-Thomas is not the only politician with multiple funds at once.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
• This puzzle is made from sturdy food-safe materials that held up well to multiple play sessions and was easy to wash by hand once a week.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
• Ariella's cause of death was also multiple gunshot wounds, according to the release, and Bell's was a single wound to the neck, and his manner of death was suicide.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• Maybe some fans have turned on her, but as Doja Cat has proven multiple times this decade, hits solve just about everything — and Grande has never been in short supply of those.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
• And not from Hong Kong, a territory that once produced over 300 movies a year in multiple Chinese dialects.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024

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multiple

2 of 2 noun

• Overnight, the 15% jump in its share price raised Nvidia’s multiple to 64.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
• The Guardian adds that the 17 pupils are the second largest group of multiples on record to be enrolled.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
• Cordeiro ordered Hanna to get out of the car multiple times.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 29 July 2023
• The suspect then produced a large knife and stabbed the victim multiple times.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2023
• Over the same time frame, strategic deal multiples fell 12%, Bain said.
  — Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
• It’s one of the best of the mockumentary form and it’s up for multiple Emmys this year.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
• Nassar was stabbed in the back and neck multiple times, according to a source.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 10 July 2023
• Police said the gunman walked up and shot the victim multiple times.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
• Dallas was then struck with a Taser multiple times, according to the claim the city filed in July.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• The multiples of expense and the amount of people working means the pressure is enormous.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
• The deeds have yet to be swapped even with the Park District attempting to finalize the deal multiple times.
  — Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Prints are produced in multiples; the size of the edition indicates how many were made.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 27 July 2023
• The actress wasn't shy about her crush on the radio host, and posted about him on Twitter multiple times.
  — Adrianna C. Freedman, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
• Pair two as a gift for you and your partner or grab multiple for a Galentine’s party.
  — Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2024
• If the result is a multiple of N, then N is probably prime.
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• An easy, simple gift for a bar mitzvah is a check, given in any multiple of $18.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
• The path follows its namesake creek into a canyon, crossing the creek multiple times.
  — Kae Lani Palmisano, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Body camera footage showed police ordered Aung to drop the gun multiple times.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Feb. 2024
• Body camera footage showed police ordered Aung to drop the gun multiple times.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• One surfer is shown flipping in the air multiple times after being thrown from a surfboard.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• The creature then proceeded to hit the vessel multiple times.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• The big reason: A decline in their extremely high multiples, once again, driven by the new regime in rates.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Go ahead, buy multiples of these crowd-pleasers and cross off besties, sisters, and coworkers all at once.
  — Shanna Shipin, Allure, 16 Nov. 2023
• But when observed in multiples, the risk has increased, and discretion is called for.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
• That’s the multiple that counts and foreshadows what’s going to happen.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2022
• The wardrobe team cut the dress down to fit the petite actor but had to handcraft multiples for extra shoots because Alaïa made only one.
  — Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
• The West Wing star recalled their first time meeting in person after chatting on the phone multiple times.
  — Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• Police allege Diaz cut a man who was running on the trail multiple times.
  — Joe Holden, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
• Even after the surge, Meta sells for less than half its average price-earnings multiple of the past decade and is one of the cheapest stocks in the Nasdaq 100 Index.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2023
• Pattinson said that the passenger, identified as Nathan Jones, was seated in the plane's seat 6E but left his seat multiple times.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024

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