row upon row

idiom

: many rows
The bookstore has row upon row of self-help books.

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Clarence and his wife Isabella are rehabilitating the farm, which was formerly a cheese-making ranch in the 1800s, to grow groves of mangoes and avocados and row upon row of greens and squash. Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 10 June 2024 The ultramodern emporium is packed with row upon row of sheet masks and skin-perfecting lotions and potions. Leslie Patrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2024 Really, the only way to tell that this dilapidated structure – Building 4442, one of row upon row of such squat, khaki, standard-issue sandstone units at the heart of Fort Ord – once served as a proud and invaluable purpose are the murals that remain. Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024 For generations of Americans, grainy news footage from World War II showing row upon row of Nazi soldiers goose-stepping in military parades tricked us into thinking that the Adolf Hitlers of the world arrive at the head of giant armies. Heather Cox Richardson, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for row upon row 

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“Row upon row.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/row%20upon%20row. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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