MUCH in a Sentence

Learn MUCH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

404 example sentences for MUCH, such as:

1. So much is mine as I enjoy.
2. A desk is much cheaper than a bed.
3. Too much water drowned the miller.
4. Too much pudding will choke a dog.
5. However, I am much happier as I am.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUCH
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much
 pron.  a large amount or to a large degree
 ad.  to a very great degree or extent
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  The course of the Rhine below Mainz becomes much more picturesque.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  "Don't talk so much, old sport," commanded Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
3  "I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
4  "I don't think there's much gas," he objected.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  One had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too little.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
6  It will certainly be much the best way.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
7  I have been too much at my ease, too happy, too frank.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
8  I admire them much more if they are tall, straight, and flourishing.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
9  Dullness is as much produced within doors as without, by rain.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
10  However, I am much happier as I am.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
11  But if I dared tell you all, you would not be so much surprised.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
12  Yes; and heaven knows how much longer we may have to wait.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
13  You can't think how much I go through in my mind from it altogether.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
14  Margaret and I shall be as much benefited by it as yourselves.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
15  Her fortune was large, and our family estate much encumbered.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  During my lifetime I haven't got around to much travelling.
17  The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre.
18  So much is mine as I enjoy.
19  Our deeds determine us, much as we determine our deeds.
20  It's not too much to ask of you to clean your own shoes.
21  He didn't pay much attention to his surroundings.
22  I don't pay much attention to what he says.
23  A desk is much cheaper than a bed.
24  I don't feel like cooking tonight, it's too much hassle.
25  A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.
26  Too much experience is a dangerous thing.
27  Too much water drowned the miller.
28  Too much pudding will choke a dog.
29  Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
30  Too much spoils, too little is nothing.