How to Use a whole lot in a Sentence
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Not that the Knights look like a team that needs a whole lot.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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There’s not a whole lot of change ahead in the forecast.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
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There are big guns, big swords and, by the sound of it, a whole lot of crazy.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 May 2025
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But if the last year was about the NFL, the future is about a whole lot more.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
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Can’t ask for a whole lot more in the back third of July.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
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Oh, and her cat looks a whole lot like the one from the movie trailer.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 4 Nov. 2023
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And of course they are joined by a whole lot of scariness.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
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And there’s a whole lot that has to happen behind the scenes to get to that point.
—Sarah Klein, SELF, 24 July 2024
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There are a whole lot of things; shows, store openings, and more.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
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There's just not a whole lot of shows like that anymore.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 July 2024
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So there’s a whole lot of things that are open questions.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 8 May 2023
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And after this, a whole lot more boomers and Gen-Xers might too.
—Vulture, 6 July 2023
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In the coming years, that number is about to be a whole lot more.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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Plus, Flores got to have a whole lot of fun with it this time around.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
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Right now, there aren’t a whole lot of other jobs out there.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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The sisters there were ’70s folkies; the daughter a ’90s alt-rocker; and the lyrics a whole lot stronger.
—Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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This gift will make movie and game nights a whole lot better.
—Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2023
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Cars come whipping around the corner and the tight curves in the road make 45 mph seem a whole lot faster.
—Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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Four hundred fifty sheets mean there’s a whole lot of quirk to go around.
—Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
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The success of Bluey has yielded a live show plus books and toys and a whole lot of merch.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
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But even the best spray still requires a whole lot of scrubbing.
—Megan Lasher, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
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Later that night, things get a lot weirder with the dogs ― and a whole lot worse.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025
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And the country is going to be needing a whole lot of that oil.
—Gerson Freitas Jr., Fortune, 28 Jan. 2024
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That’s a whole lot of cold ones just waiting to be enjoyed close to home.
—Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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That process takes a whole lot of effort, there's a whole mountain to climb.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2023
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Pay tribute to the piece’s ’90s heyday with a bit of tailoring and a whole lot of glitz.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2026
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The ones that leave you wondering if things just got a little bit better or a whole lot worse.
—Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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But there is one car that is all of that and a whole lot more.
—New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2026
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Of course, UConn has a whole lot of history on its side, having never lost a title in six trips.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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No matter what, let’s surmise that a whole lot of new stock will be created, and that will not be good for the rest of the market.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
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