How to Use on about in a Sentence

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• Remember that movie where that guy goes on and on about shrimp?
  — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
• The fire burned on about one to two acres of the landfill, the company said.
  — Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Sep. 2025
• Each sea lamprey feeds on about 40 pounds of fish over its lifetime.
  — Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• Of course, at their worst, résumés go on and on about the wrong things or fail to say anything at all.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
• In these regions, auroras can appear on about half the nights each year.
  — Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Nov. 2025
• Dole currently uses the product on about 400 acres of its land.
  — Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• Overall, the researchers collected data on about six hours of sleep per person.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Oct. 2025
• Built in 1972 on about half an acre, the tri-story home has a boat slip, two-car garage and sits at a cul-de-sac.
  — Desiree Mathurin march 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
• And now there's a travel ban or restrictions on about 39 countries total.
  — CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
• That an entire hour-long documentary exists where one waxes on about the other?
  — Rance Collins, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2025
• Johnson, who began growing collard greens at 3, now farms on about an acre of land that has been passed down in the family.
  — Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
• The funky facial expressions as Shannon would go on and on about something wavy gravy and hippy drippy.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
• But Allegiant faces no competition on about 75% of its routes.
  — Rio Yamat, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2026
• Walk off your meal and soak in the beauty of Chapel Hill’s greenways on about 18 miles of trails surrounding the town.
  — Kelly Alexander, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
• The casino would be on about 60 acres of land on the east and west sides of 122nd Avenue in Kenosha.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 17 Mar. 2026
• Put another way, over the course of the decade researchers analyzed, investors lost out on about 15% of their returns.
  — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
• The senior living facility would be on about seven acres, and the apartments would sit on the other 22.
  — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• Those tickets are available on about 10% of all dates over the next six months, including 25% of dates in the first quarter of next year.
  — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
• After the game and the emotional video tribute, Morgan Geekie waxed on about what Marchand meant to him.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
• Read on about Diane Lane’s timely role in Anniversary, now playing in theaters.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
• Today, trains still operate on about 137,000 miles of rail corridor.
  — Pam Leblanc, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
• Nosková kept close to Muchová’s tricks, using shots other than the core forehands and backhands on about a quarter of her chances, about the same rate as her opponent.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 11 July 2026
• The Texas shipment came into the state on about 10 trucks, the state agriculture department said on the Monday call.
  — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
• Some research shows that shots following these east-west passes are scored on about 30 percent of the time, which is three times more dangerous than the average shot.
  — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
• Rather than go on and on about how Trump is a threat to democracy, Democrats should take action to show Americans that democracy can, in fact, work.
  — Solomon D. Stevens, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
• The Barton Village master plan is on about 365 acres along South Hartmann Drive.
  — Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
• Encouraged to see Jones sorta respond, Mackie kept babbling on and on and on about his dad, unaware that everyone else in the room was cringing.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
• With state and federal funding, conservation crews began land restoration on about 1,200 acres.
  — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
• Jay Grundy runs a farm in Marion County on about 60 acres that provides hemp for Cornbread Hemp.
  — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Nov. 2025
• The data center will include four main buildings on about 400 acres, a site about twice the size of Arrowhead Stadium.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026