how many

idiom

—used to ask or talk about an amount

How many people were there?

I was surprised by how many people were there.

How many times do I have to tell you to lock the door?

Examples of how many in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To be facetious, how many of those people who committed mass murder in the fifth largest city in America went to death row? —Dave Zirin, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025

Initially, a 35-day window seemed an incredibly long time to measure data that’s meant to help advertisers understand how many people are seeing their commercials. —Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025

In February, the company limited how many items customers can order online to help remedy the situation. —Nina Ajemian, Fortune, 17 June 2025

The Mavs have a good idea of how many games Irving will play this coming season; setting a very makeable incentive just above that number (say, 30 games) would effectively diminish his salary for the coming season and then raise it for the out years on the deal when he’s expected to be healthy. —John Hollinger, New York Times, 17 June 2025

Rhymes for how many

• antennae
• halfpenny
• propene
• sixpenny
• threepenny
• twopenny
• any
• bennie
• benny
• henny
• jenny
• penny