How to Use the masses in a Sentence
the masses
plural noun-
But the Porsche minivan has not yet been made for the masses.
— Charna Flam, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Score it for a deal before the masses find out about it.
— Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023 -
The band pushed the style onto the masses in a way that hadn’t been seen–or heard–before.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Still, Clark put her fears aside and joined the masses who traipsed to the Mall for the day’s showstopper.
— Mary Claire Molloy, Washington Post, 4 July 2023 -
There is great and growing anger among the masses about the border.
— Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024 -
In other moments, the masses seem to turn on them and even hate them.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 -
Once the recipe was finalized, the dessert joined the restaurant menu in 1972 and later spread to the masses.
— Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024 -
With more than 3 billion worldwide users, Meta will be putting the power of AI in the hands of the masses.
— Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023 -
It’s lined with many, many, many shelves, and that’s where the masses of glass, silver, and crystal are housed.
— Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 1 Nov. 2024 -
Fear is the agent used by the regime to control the masses, and maintaining joy was a means of survival.
— Tara Grammy, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2023 -
Hublot intends the watch to serve as more of an avant-garde art piece than something meant to be worn by the masses.
— Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 3 Feb. 2024 -
Or niche and retro hardware that gets overlooked by the masses.
— House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023 -
The game is now enjoyed by the masses in the country of 200 million people.
— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 -
My apologies to those who have won something; the masses don’t.
— Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023 -
Travis Scott’s Days Before Rodeo is viewed as a cult classic by the masses.
— Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2024 -
The drugs shrank some of the masses, but the primary tumor in my uterus kept growing.
— Amy Ettinger, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 -
Somebody alert the news stations, the masses need to know: 2Humpy is pretty much over.
— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023 -
Brooding archetypes themselves, big-screen stars who wore the best peacoats brought them to the masses.
— Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2023 -
This is the time of year when Mariah Carey is all about bringing joy and happiness to the masses.
— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2023 -
That’s the mark of a musician who had something to say, and who knew how to say it in a way that would get the masses listening.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 -
Over the last decade, Hawtin’s vision of getting the masses into techno worked — in fact, maybe too well.
— Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Bruce Willis' family is filled with joy that his breakout role now can be streamed by the masses.
— Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023 -
This halftime show wasn’t going to be a soulless tasting menu for the masses.
— Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Perhaps this is a good way to handle VPN protection for the masses.
— PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024 -
Against a deep blue sky that seemed without clouds, the masses of white petals seemed from below to suggest the gleam of snow on a mountaintop.
— Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024 -
The magnitudes of the gravitational forces by the Sun and by the Earth depend on the masses of both bodies.
— Larry M. Silverberg, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023 -
Waterhouse, too, was among the masses of Daisy Jones fans prior to getting cast.
— Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2023 -
Disclaimer: winter is Maui's rainy season, but that doesn't stop the masses from trekking to the summit for sunrise.
— Sarah L. Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2023 -
This is a first for the CFDA and makes fashion design accessible to the masses.
— Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 12 July 2024 -
And much like Macrinus, that vision, whether addressed or not, isn’t possible without sacrificing the masses, the people of an empire.
— Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
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