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How to use much in a sentence

40 example sentences · determiner, adjective, adverb

Much means a large amount of. Example: “Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?”

Examples of much by meaning

determinerA large amount of.

  • Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?
  • After much discussion, we decided to set about the task with much enthusiasm.
  • Did you do much running last summer?

determinerUsed to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.

  • Add this much water and no more.
  • Take as much time as you like.

determinerMany ( + plural countable noun).

  • They got so much things to say right now, they got so much things to say.1977, Bob Marley, “So Much Things to Say”

adverbTo a great extent.

  • I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet.
  • However much I eat, I never get fat.
  • He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.

adverbFor emphasis or to indicate a great difference.

  • He is much fatter than I remember him.
  • Honestly, I can't stand much more of this.
  • a much warmer room for much nicer people

adverbOften; frequently.

  • Does he get drunk much?

adverbUsed to indicate or compare extent.

  • I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart.

adverbCombining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the...

  • Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?
  • I talked to her by phone last week. (Jealous much, gentlemen?2005 December 28, Seth Stevenson, “What’s With That Overstock.com Ad?”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
  • Screaming, crying, throwing up, much?2023 May 12, Lia Mappoura, “I tried Glossier's brand new G Suit lip crèmes so you don't have to – you're welcome”, in Cosmopolitan

More sentences with much

  • He never learned how to pour a glass of beer so it didn't have too much head.From the entry head
  • How much head do you have at the Glens Falls feeder dam?From the entry head
  • I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.From the entry the
  • You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.From the entry spring
  • My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.From the entry religion
  • It’s not so much that we don’t wanna go, but I just haven’t time.From the entry but
  • The local government did not have much say in the matter.From the entry say
  • I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.From the entry last
  • We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.From the entry work
  • I have never been in love as much as I have with you.From the entry love
  • This is an industrial product—it's much too strong for home use.From the entry industrial
  • My brother and I were close when we were younger, but not so much now.From the entry close
  • I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.From the entry here
  • Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.From the entry trumpet
  • If more drivers knew how to zipper, the accident would not have disrupted traffic so much.From the entry zipper
  • I'm still much too young to drive, and my grandpa is already far too old.From the entry too
  • She doesn't talk too much. I'm not too sure about this.From the entry too
  • I didn't have much to do, so I just milled around the town looking at the shops.From the entry mill
  • I enjoyed it so much I went again the next day.From the entry again
  • He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.From the entry amount
  • I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.From the entry right
  • This theory still holds good even if much higher temperatures are assumed.From the entry good
  • As well as sea tides, there are much smaller land tides.From the entry tide

Meaning of much

  1. determiner A large amount of.
  2. determiner Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
  3. determiner A great number of; many (people).

Full definition of much

Questions about much in a sentence

How do you use much in a sentence?
Much is used as a determiner, adjective and adverb. For example: “Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?”
What is a short sentence with much?
“Does he get drunk much?”
What does much mean?
Much means a large amount of.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: much (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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