How to Use not much in a Sentence

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  • And there is not much time for the 49-year-old to do just that.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • There is not much bark left on the tree to feed a beaver.
    Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • There is not much of a wine list, but the Vietnamese do love their beer.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • There’s not much here in terms of sea life, but folks love the view of Mokulua (a.k.a.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
  • There's not much to the RF-S 10-18mm in terms of on-barrel control.
    PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
  • And of course, not much can beat the convenience of a single dose.
    Lindsay Modglin, Health, 1 May 2023
  • There's so much in the world that can exhaust me and there's not much that can revive me.
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • And there was a general range of age, but not much else.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
  • At the moment there’s not much on the 40-minute walk from the nearest train stop to the stadium.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • From kebabs to veggies to dessert, there’s not much that can’t be cooked over a flame.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • But since then, not much about the workweek has changed, experts say.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Katyana now lives a fairly private life, and not much is known about her.
    Alexandra Hurtado, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • Just for subscribers: Is there a labor shortage?It's easing in most places, but not much in the South.
    USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • There was room to tinker with the formula, but not much.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Barry Doane grabbed his cat, some cat food, a suitcase full of clothes and not much else.
    Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
  • The status of the bighorn in Canada is better than in the United States but not much better.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
  • And there’s not much to be done about it unless either the planet cools — or the laws of physics get amended.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 1 June 2024
  • At 10 years old, I was terrified by the massive size of the horses then, and not much had changed at 30.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 30 June 2023
  • There’s still not much clarity with how things will go with Miles Bridges.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2024
  • Aside from a better defense, Hill said not much else has changed since he’s joined the Yankees.
    Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2024
  • And after a couple of weeks, the sale is coming to a close on August 6, so there’s not much time to score these steals.
    Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Most will leave behind thousands of dollars, a home or not much at all.
    Talmon Joseph Smith Karl Russell, New York Times, 14 May 2023
  • While not much is known about the plot of the movie at this point, it was teased that Johnny Cage (played by Karl Urban) will be joining the fight.
    Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Since there’s no option for adding water, there’s not much cleaning to be done here.
    Sarah Bradley, Health, 5 July 2023
  • Pratt’s winning time of 5:50 to complete the Avatar XPrize course was not much slower than human speed.
    IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The biggest problem with Hell of a Summer is that there’s really not much to say about it.
    Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2023
  • With only one button on this hand warmer, there’s not much room for error.
    Lacey Muinos, Health, 27 July 2023
  • Aside from the price tag, which is undeniably right up there, there’s not much bad that can be said about the TruStrutter.
    M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 25 Apr. 2023
  • To start, Hewitt said the bar will offer just six to eight items — not much more beyond wings, a vegetable and a burger — with an open mind for expanding to specials and features down the line.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Lewis-Martin was not much comforted, but the e-mails leave ambiguous how much she was truly threatened by Whitehead.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024

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