amount to

Example Sentences

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However, two psychiatrists agreed his mental health did not amount to a defence.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The 1993 changes pushed that taxable amount to 85%.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

I asked if she worried that Pratt’s agenda would amount to punishing 70,000 people for the actions of a much smaller number, like the man who had terrorized her.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

But in the real world, engaged in the daily tedium of commuting, the SS’s straight-line superlatives amount to little.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

We didn’t amount to much to start with, and due to our own tawdry efforts we had been slipping ever since.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck