How to Use not many in a Sentence

not many

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  • And not many people could blame them.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Or at least not many people who know how to use it.
    Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The thing is, not many people know much about him.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There are not many skiers who could pull this off or would even want to try.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
  • At this point, there are clues, but not many details.
    Todd Miyazawa, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Wow, not many queens would have done such a tight turnaround!
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • There’s not many guys who can get to full speed in two to three steps like him.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • There were not many players like him in this draft, or many drafts.
    Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • There was Barnes, and not many others.
    Mark Cooper, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • And not many people can get that kind of power.
    NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
  • There’s not many big players that can make the right pass, make the right read.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And not many of them were kind or supportive.
    Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Yes, some third party games launch there, but not many, and not most big ones.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • There are not many world records in sports which last for more than 23 years.
    Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There are not many positions on the field that does that.
    Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There are a lot of questions, and not many answers.
    Gina Chua, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There are not many available doors to knock on, in that respect.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Some products—not many, but some—just work in cocktails.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2026
  • While plenty of fish have teeth, there are not many fish with human teeth.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2023
  • People called this a ‘sound movie’, and not many movies are described that way.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Though not many sprinklers work well with low pressure, this one does a great job of it.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2024
  • But not many of us would tattoo the delicious treat on our faces.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But if inflation could blow up one bit of space-time, why not many bits of space-time?
    Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But as things stand, not many are siding with the Cowboys.
    Jon MacHota, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But not many know the details behind their decades-long love story.
    Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • There are gems among them, but not many people were listening.
    Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Yet supplies are scarce, and not many companies sell it.
    Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Like, there’s not many offensive tackles who can lock me up.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Yeah, there's not many different.
    Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Canceled due to low ratings, not many people do.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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