whole lot

Example Sentences

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“There are no gatekeepers, which means the ceiling is sky-high and the floor is as low as it gets; I’ve seen genuinely mind-blowing shows at Fringe, as well as a whole lot of crap.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

There are a whole lot of emergency management people who don’t seem to be raising their hands here.

From Slate • May 21, 2026

It could end up costing Hearts a whole lot more than it cost Motherwell.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

“It took them a whole lot of energy and effort to sift through all these things to find this needle in the haystack,” said Doyle, a longtime immigration attorney.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

That, I knew, was a whole lot of days of being Ida, and not being Ida B. So many days of being Ida that I might forget what being Ida B was like.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan