thousands

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Yet although billions of dollars have been spent and tens of thousands of people have been helped and housed, more than 40,000 people are homeless in the city and roughly 70,000 in the county.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

With a quirk of Polymarket’s rules keeping trading open, he bought thousands of betting contracts which said they would pay off if Strategy sold any bitcoin by May 31.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Tens of thousands of Scotland fans heading to the US, and the atmosphere has been building in Boston as the Tartan Army sets up camp.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

“We have thousands of problems and that is the reason why they are in the street. What happened in Zvernec was just the tipping point”, 46-year-old tour guide Arben Kola told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

She paced up the whole length of stars, as if she had somehow forgotten where hers was, even though she had seen it thousands of times.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny