How to Use enough/plenty to go around in a Sentence

enough/plenty to go around

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  • But the gigs don’t last and there aren’t enough to go around.
    — Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Sometimes there is this idea there is not enough to go around.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
  • As far as talent goes, there’s plenty to go around in this group.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
  • Everyone wants a piece of it, and there isn’t enough to go around.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
  • More kids than ever need mentors, but there aren't enough to go around.
    — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The kit makes five mini houses, so there’s more than enough to go around.
    — Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2022
  • But the collars are expensive, and there aren't enough to go around.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The best way to spend today is in good spirits, and there’s plenty to go around!
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Producers need tax credits, and a lot of the states in the states don’t have enough to go around.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The only thing tougher than life is love, but in this family there’s more than enough to go around.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This set includes eight claw clips in two different styles, so there’s plenty to go around.
    — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • There are not enough coins going around in America, even though there are enough to go around.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 25 July 2021
  • Arguments over livers are heated because there aren’t enough to go around.
    — Ben Tanen, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • That often means that there is too much water to save during wet periods and not enough to go around in dry spells.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The internet’s pipes have gotten so wide that there is generally enough to go around.
    — Eva Dou, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Migrants slept on thin floor pads; there weren’t enough to go around, so people took turns—one lay down during the day, the other at night.
    — Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Some restaurateurs and chefs use suppliers or wholesalers, but there’s sometimes not enough to go around.
    — Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Cuevas excels at spotlighting vainglory, and there’s plenty to go around here.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
  • Pie lovers will love digging into these easy sweet treats knowing there's plenty to go around for everyone to enjoy.
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 14 June 2023
  • Turquoise and Kai live in a very modest house, and though Turquoise works two jobs to keep them afloat, there’s never enough to go around.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 June 2020
  • Most Indians would clearly prefer to work in white-collar jobs, but there are simply not enough to go around.
    — Rohit Lamba, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2024
  • Panicked management scrambled to purchase backup truckloads of meat at huge markups, but there wasn’t enough to go around.
    — H. Claire Brown, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The world has become more efficient at producing a lot of food, so much so that there’s more than enough to go around for everyone.
    — Sam Delgado, Vox, 4 May 2024
  • There wouldn’t be enough to go around this year, not and still meet obligations to keep the river moving adequate water out of state.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Nov. 2022
  • After all, there is plenty to go around, and the major concern is reducing tax exposure and risk.
    — Michael McCann, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Experts say the mansion's owners likely lived a life of prosperity and had plenty to go around.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The state later offered more money, but there wasn’t enough to go around to everyone who needed more to elevate their homes.
    — ProPublica, 12 May 2010
  • The key lime pies are 8 inches in diameter and serve eight to 10 people, so there’s plenty to go around.
    — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The influx of people combined with drought has strained its water system and a growing chorus of people fear there won't be enough to go around.
    — Patrick Linehan, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Now to put that into perspective, Alan, that's enough to go around the Earth at the equator and have some change leftover.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2022

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