How to Use quantity in a Sentence

quantity

noun
  • The wine is made in small quantities.
  • The family buys food in quantity.
  • The boss is worried about quantity as well as quality.
  • This is fine for dogs in small quantities.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The quantities aren’t that high, so this one should have a short life on shelves.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2023
  • No quantity of houses or yachts dents it.
    Douglas P. McCormick, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • And every year, a vast quantity is thrown away as unfit to eat.
    Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And hands work for smaller quantities, too.
    Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 31 May 2026
  • They are now grown in lesser quantities and take longer to move out of the country.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • This is where to go for quantity, available seven days a week.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But a class this small needs to be about quality — not quantity.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The quantity c is the length of the longest side, called the hypotenuse.
    Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Since it is bottled at the source, the types and quantities of microbes may vary.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The production will post the quantity of meals, the types of meals.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, the source matters as much as the quantity.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
  • At first, this took the form of a resource tax, levied based on quantity produced.
    Mary Hui, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Grapes and raisins cause kidney damage in dogs, even in small quantities.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • The strangest aspect of these fires, other than their quantity, is their calm.
    The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The size, quantity, and shape of the housing follows from there.
    Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • The new quantity of picks matters.
    Sam McDowell 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Use small quantities as needed of no more than a pound to a 10-square-foot area.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • There is no specific guideline on the quantity of chia seeds to eat per day.
    Joy Emeh, Health, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The whole structure of an overseas studio is built on mass and quantity and speed.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 6 July 2022
  • With such a large quantity of things open for all to see, make sure to group like items to keep the look streamlined and tidy.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Pear butter is the easiest way to make use of a large quantity of ripe or over-ripe pears.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Every year a big quantity of game meat is eaten and enjoyed.
    Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The quality and quantity of this scrub far surpassed its low price tag.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The quantity of minerals that will have to be mined is mind-boggling.
    Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 25 Jan. 2023
  • But this is one of many cases where quantity very rarely equates to quality.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The swim shad is one of the few lures that can be counted on for quantity of fish and quality fish.
    Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023

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