greater part
Example Sentences
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She is absent for the greater part of the novel but makes an entrance for its symbolic and complex finale, when the setting shifts to Israel in 1981.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Captain Ben Stokes has pointed out his team are at a disadvantage because pace bowlers, with their longer run-ups, bowl more overs in the UK than other countries where spin plays a greater part.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
He regretted that climate change and its impact on Pakistan are not a greater part of public and political discourse.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024
Then there was the grueling trip to the new world, the colony’s collapse and, now, a solo journey that makes up the greater part of this story.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023
He too was small, and inclined to be timid, and Hazel and Fiver had spent the greater part of their last evening in the warren in persuading him to join them.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
