whole lot

Example Sentences

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“There are no gatekeepers, which means the ceiling is sky-high and the floor is as low as it gets; I’ve seen genuinely mind-blowing shows at Fringe, as well as a whole lot of crap.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

You wouldn't want to read a whole lot into the 4-1 but it was welcome, a fillip when a catastrophe presented itself at 1-0.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

He liked to play loudly, for many hours at a time, improvising ceaseless and whipsawing sagas of frenetic melodies and emphatic blaring and screeching—it was a whole lot of sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

And there’s one more person we can influence a whole lot, too: our future selves.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

A whole lot of lost stuff appeared on the rug where the couch had been.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry