a good few
idiom
chiefly British, informal
: fairly many
Not all our students go on to university, but a good few of them do.
Examples of a good few in a Sentence
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It’s been a good few months for catching up on the work of the playwright John Patrick Shanley.
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Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
It’s been a good few weeks for the Japanese stock market.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024
There were a good few other poor results for car brands independently tested at the winter El Prix 2024.
—Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
The movie theater business, after all, has not had a good few years.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
It's been a good few days for U.S. stocks, with the three major indexes on pace for their fourth consecutive winning session.
—WSJ, 11 Oct. 2023
Spent a good few hours honing what my best interpretation would be, and sent it off and hoped for the best.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
Spent a good few hours honing what my best interpretation would be, and sent it off and hoped for the best.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
Others have set about weaving camouflage netting and sewing underwear for soldiers, while a good few have tasked themselves with keeping the supply of Molotov cocktails flowing.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
It’s been a good few weeks for the Japanese stock market.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024
There were a good few other poor results for car brands independently tested at the winter El Prix 2024.
—Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
The movie theater business, after all, has not had a good few years.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
It's been a good few days for U.S. stocks, with the three major indexes on pace for their fourth consecutive winning session.
—WSJ, 11 Oct. 2023
Spent a good few hours honing what my best interpretation would be, and sent it off and hoped for the best.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
Spent a good few hours honing what my best interpretation would be, and sent it off and hoped for the best.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
Others have set about weaving camouflage netting and sewing underwear for soldiers, while a good few have tasked themselves with keeping the supply of Molotov cocktails flowing.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
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