How to Use amount to in a Sentence

amount to

phrasal verb

• That amounts to a more than 9% decline over the last month.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
• This would amount to laying trails of bread crumbs through the forest as it is grown.
  — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
• Remember, even if their nails are very long, trim just a very small amount to start.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2023
• The price amounts to a 4% increase from the previous cycle, just for the live events, according to the league.
  — Thomas Seal, Fortune Europe, 5 Dec. 2023
• All of this amounts to a safer, more comfortable treatment process.
  — Ahmed Zambarakji, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2024
• The layoffs amount to about 20% of the newsroom, and come after the paper cut 74 newsroom staffers just a few months ago.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
• There’s a place for what amounts to meat-and-potatoes TV, even in the prestige-conscious streaming world.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 21 July 2023
• Just as with dine-in tips, Lynn does not have a clear-cut answer about an exact amount to tip for takeout.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2023
• That amounts to more than a percentage point drop from a peak reached in October.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
• Smotrich’s goal is clear: the large-scale displacement of the Palestinian people, which could well amount to a war crime.
  — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2023
• The total cost for sidewalks on Lander Road would amount to $1.46 million.
  — cleveland, 20 July 2023
• Robbins’ first two game have amounted to 10 carries for 29 yards.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• Those programs would amount to tens if not hundreds of millions in new spending.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
• Trump is on track to win all of the state’s delegates to the GOP convention, which amount to 14% of the votes needed for the nomination.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Additional rainfall amounts to less than a tenth of an inch.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
• The available inventory at the end of last month amounts to a 3.6-month supply, going by the current sales pace.
  — Alex Veiga The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 22 Nov. 2023
• For Israelis, the seizing of so many hostages, coupled with the killings of Oct. 7, amounted to a national trauma.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Across billions of debit card transactions, this can amount to large sums.
  — Emily Mason, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• But a Venezuelan passport costs more than $300, a price that amounts to a poll tax because few migrants can afford them.
  — John Otis, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
• Catch them doing little things right Acknowledge the small wins, which will slowly amount to big ones.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 5 Oct. 2023
• Financial terms of the partnership, which does not amount to a full buyout, were not disclosed.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 July 2023
• That would generally amount to between eight and 10 tanks.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2023
• The unloaded shares amount to about a quarter of her stake in the tech giant and, as of Friday, were worth $10.4 billion, according to the outlet.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
• And the price tag for all of that talent to shill for a brand — which typically amounts to a day or two’s work for these stars — can get as high as $10 million to $15 million.
  — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
• Lawmakers punted the farm bill to next fall, and the sugar program amounts to just a teaspoonful in this massive bill.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
• The current debt also amounts to nearly one-third of the portfolio’s $15.8 billion in assets.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
• That amounted to about 6% of all the water used in the district, which also supplies drinking water to the city’s residents.
  — Matt O’Brien and Hannah Fingerhut, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
• That set of Americans amounts to tens of millions of people, who make up a sizable portion of the TikTok user base.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024
• Over the past week, the nationwide average price of a gallon of gas has dropped 7 cents, which amounts to a nearly 2% decline, AAA data shows.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
• Clouds may increase some overnight, and a passing rain or snow shower is possible but shouldn’t amount to anything.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024