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How to use mass in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective

Mass means a quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size. Example: “The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field.”

Examples of mass by meaning

nounExcess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.

  • After all, muscle maniacs go "ga ga" over mass no matter how it's presented.1988, Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, in Ironman, volume 47, number 6, pages 28–34

nounA large body of individuals, especially persons.

  • The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field.
  • A mass of ships converged on the beaches of Dunkirk.

nounThe lower classes of persons.

  • The masses are revolting.

adjectiveInvolving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.

  • There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.
  • The national liberation movement had not yet developed to a sufficiently mass scale.1988, V. V. Zagladin, Vitaly Baskakov, International Working Class and Communist Movement: Historical Record, 1830s to Mid-1940s, page 236
  • The air arms did more than provide the warring nations with individual heroes, for their individual exploits occurred within the context of an increasingly mass aerial effort in a war of the masses.2010, John Horne, A Companion to World War I, page 159

adjectiveInvolving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.

  • Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse.
  • Every agency is sold on use of mass media today — or at least, it thinks it is — and what can be "masser" than television?1958, Child Welfare, volume 37, page 2
  • Undoubtedly this is the case; at least it is "masser" than in Pinchot's time.1974, Edward Abraham Cohn, The Political Economy of Environmental Enhancement, page 91

nounThe main kind of church service, in some denominations.

  • She went to mass every Sunday for many years, and when she retired, she took to going on some weekdays, too.

More sentences with mass

  • Einstein gave birth to a famous equation relating energy to mass.From the entry give birth
  • Mass lexical comparison is not a proven method for demonstrating relationships between languages.From the entry proven
  • Under the rock was a midshipman fish, brooding a mass of eggs.From the entry brood
  • The regime is guilty of mass atrocities including forced displacement and the use of chemical weapons.From the entry atrocity
  • The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.From the entry probable
  • The derived unit of electrical resistance (ohm) is derived from length, mass, time, and electric current.From the entry derived unit
  • The sight of the squirming mass of maggots left me disgusted.From the entry disgusted
  • The quivering mass of jello rocked back and forth incessantly but remained on the plate.From the entry quivering
  • The Three Stooges are known for their lowbrow slapstick humor consisting of foolish action for the masses.From the entry lowbrow
  • The rumblings of the masses precede the crumbling of the state.From the entry rumbling
  • Even a minuscule quantity of matter contains an incredible amount of mass energy.From the entry mass energy
  • The mass storage of the network consisted of 40 megabytes of Bernoulli boxes.From the entry mass storage
  • Intraurban commuting would be helped by mass transit but interurban commuting less so.From the entry intraurban
  • The masses of refugees are not easily lodgeable in the small border town.From the entry lodgeable
  • Traditional mass media, both print and broadcast, are forms of one-to-many communications.From the entry one-to-many
  • Mass is an extensive property, but density is an intensive property.From the entry extensive property
  • Local lore held that the quarry had once been the site of black masses.From the entry black mass
  • Jellyfish are composed of more than 90% water and most of their umbrella mass is made up of gelatinous material.From the entry umbrella
  • In the center was a small, global mass.From the entry global
  • The accretion of particles forms a solid mass.From the entry accretion
  • Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density.From the entry property
  • The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.From the entry topple
  • The masses will be voting this Tuesday.From the entry masses
  • The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.From the entry liken
  • The moss grew in a hairlike mass over the rocks.From the entry hairlike
  • The wider use of mass transportation systems is believed by many to be a good way of economising on fuel.From the entry mass transportation
  • MALDI is a method of sample injection in mass spectrometry.From the entry MALDI
  • The pollinial mass will attach to the insect's leg.From the entry pollinial
  • An avascular mass was discovered during surgery.From the entry avascular

Meaning of mass

  1. noun A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
  2. noun Precious metal, especially gold or silver.
  3. noun A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.

Full definition of mass

Questions about mass in a sentence

How do you use mass in a sentence?
Mass is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field.”
What is a short sentence with mass?
“The masses are revolting.”
What does mass mean?
Mass means a quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mass (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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