How to Use get about in a Sentence

get about

verb
  • Turning the film into a conduit for pure anarchic glee, Kitano gets about as close as possible to a live-action cartoon.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
  • But the cat got about 2 feet from the lizard, jumped up on a little ledge and walked away.
    Hannah Farrow, Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2024
  • The unit would get about $193 million under the House GOP bill.
    Mackenzie Weinger, Axios, 25 July 2024
  • The bikes get about 30 miles of range on a single charge, CargoB says.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
  • In captivity, the boas can live up to 20 to 30 years and get about two to three feet long.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The movement has been the main driver in getting about a dozen new state laws passed over the past four years.
    Rob Kuznia, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • That means for every pound of turkey, guests will get about eight to nine ounces of meat.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 23 July 2023
  • What don’t these people get about Luka not having a care in the world???
    Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The firm estimates Coinbase will get about 35% of that.
    Paul Vigna, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2022
  • And she's got about 100 days to turn that image that the American people have formed of her around.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024
  • Right now, Phoenix is only getting about 36 points per game from beyond the arc.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Experts advise that adults get about seven to nine hours of sleep per night.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
  • For example, last year, $1 USD could get about 110 yen.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • This allows both hemispheres to get about equal amounts of sunlight.
    Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Austin LifeCare, which gets about 3% of the state funding, could not be reached for comment about this story.
    Cassandra Jaramillo, ProPublica, 9 July 2024
  • And although the utility gets about 20% of its power from coal plants, all of them are in other states.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Rush said most of the complaints the city gets about the scooters are that they are poorly parked and obstructing sidewalks.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The city gets about $120 million per year in franchise fees from the cable companies, SDG&E and trash haulers.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Carman is in line to get about $7 million of the estate, as his mother’s only heir.
    Lisa Rathke, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2022
  • My last book got about 20 good reviews after weeks of hustling.
    R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • Evenly divide the batter between the two pans — each pan should get about 360 grams of batter.
    Jessie Sheehan, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The recipient of the least run support in the majors last season, Webb got about a month’s worth of scoring in one start.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Districts that were at least 80% Black got about a quarter of the money those with few Black students received.
    Chris Hacker, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And the Army gets about half of its recruits from that shrinking population.
    Lolita C. Baldor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Orange County will see about a half-inch of rain, and San Diego County should get about three-quarters on an inch.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Dogs between four months and two years old should get about 30 minutes of exercise per day.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
  • From the law, Amtrak will get about $66 billion in new investments, according to the White House.
    Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Investment banks usually get about a 1% to 3% cut of the value of a merger deal, which is split among all the banks involved.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Detective Blanke said his office still gets about one or two tips a month on Father Kunz’s case.
    Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The more serious Netflix will get about shaking down the freeloaders.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 18 July 2022

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