How to Use ream in a Sentence

ream

1 of 2 noun
  • Never mind the reams of news accounts and countless hours of video footage.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
  • Duvall was named to the conference all-league first ream and Davis earned a spot on the all-league Third Team.
    James Weber, The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2023
  • She also was called to the Brazilian national ream for the 2016 Olympics.
    Austin David, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2022
  • But a good number of those projects are stalled as the legal process winds its way through courtrooms and reams of briefs.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • That type of group running will make for a strong ream, but a frontrunner would help.
    Joe Magill, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2021
  • But what cycling does have is reams of real-time data culled from the riders.
    Quartz Creative For The Ey Organization, Quartz, 27 Apr. 2023
  • There are bars of gold and reams of cash, multiple wigs, a cache of weapons and a giant sledgehammer.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 July 2023
  • In 1948, Cleary moved into a new house and discovered a ream of typing paper in the linen closet.
    Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Place your laptop on a cardboard box, a stack of books, or a ream or two of paper to raise your laptop screen to eye level.
    Kathryn Vasel, CNN, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Things teachers always need: A bunch of colored pencils or glue or a ream of paper.
    Ellen Warren, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
  • But instead of reams of paper pressed and cut, this warehouse is home to Area 2 Farms, which now pumps out greens, herbs and root vegetables.
    Ciara O'Brien, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • Clunky insurance websites, reams of names with no personal details, and long hold times can be a pain in the ass.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Sims also discovered that the hard drives had been removed from the computers in his and his chief deputy’s offices, and reams of records were nowhere to be found.
    Connor Sheets, ProPublica, 12 June 2019
  • The hackers, calling themselves the Guardians of Peace, stole and leaked reams of emails along with several unreleased films.
    Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Hiding in the reams of data gathered by the Cassini spacecraft are hints that Saturn wasn’t born with its iconic rings.
    WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
  • He's even crafted a makeshift stand for his laptop out of reams of printer paper to make video chats easier.
    Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Moore called a recess to review a four-hour video and reams of copies of articles and social media postings.
    Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Almost every car or truck has reams of data that can be extracted.
    Natalie Morales, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • What looks like diamonds but on closer inspection turns out to be little more than reams of cheap polyester?
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • My mother-in-law, as her Alzheimer's disease advanced, could spout reams of reasonable poetry off the top of her head.
    Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Romney had saved reams of personal journals, texts and emails to write his own memoir, but decided against it and gave the trove to Coppins.
    Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Sure, the films have always had human casts to fight the creatures or flee from them or deliver reams of exposition about them.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
  • And yet, an indictment and reams of filings in federal court in New York suggest that things could have gone much worse with First Response.
    Michael Wilson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The mixed verdict did the opposite, adding to the damage caused by a ream of embarrassing evidence.
    Erin Nolan, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • On its website, Binance provides reams of detail on how the arrangements work.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • All of this activity was monitored and archived by Athar’s ream of researchers.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 3 July 2019
  • There are reams of stuff to watch and listen to, and most of it falls outside what’s available on American streaming platforms (read: anime).
    Bijan Stephen, The Verge, 23 July 2019
  • Unable to speak for himself, P-22 has spawned a ream of imitators on Twitter and Facebook.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • On their head, another ream of tartan was twisted with black tulle that, from a distance, resembled a flowing mass of dark knotted hair.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
  • His mistake was living so long that reams of his old memos and diplomatic cables were declassified, including those that revealed his most vicious acts.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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ream

2 of 2 verb
  • He got reamed in the press for his comments.
  • The plumbers come out about once a year to ream the pipes, usually in the spring.
    Caitlin R. McGlade, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • One end of the Easy Out is a stubby, reaming-style drill bit.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Thus, the screw stays put but the extractor continues to turn, reaming out the hole in the process.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Saban reamed him on the sideline and promptly yanked him.
    Conor Orr, SI.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Now the stars are being refurbished, the aged pipes reamed clean and the new pump wrangled into its damp pit.
    Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 9 July 2017
  • As this is happening, Veronica reams Archie for spilling the beans about Pop's.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2018
  • During Pike’s first year as a starter, he was frequently reamed out on the sideline by Kelly for not making what Kelly thought was the correct read.
    Bill Koch, Cincinnati.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Drenched in dread, Wyeth’s story is told mainly by an anonymous narrator via 84 flashback scenes reamed with abrupt, enigmatic silences.
    J. Michael Lennon, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Obviously, Saturday night was not our best performance and some coaches would ream you and dig into individuals, but that doesn’t help anyone.
    Julian Cardillo, Pro Soccer USA, 16 June 2019
  • He got reamed in the press for his comments.
  • The plumbers come out about once a year to ream the pipes, usually in the spring.
    Caitlin R. McGlade, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • One end of the Easy Out is a stubby, reaming-style drill bit.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Thus, the screw stays put but the extractor continues to turn, reaming out the hole in the process.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2018
  • Saban reamed him on the sideline and promptly yanked him.
    Conor Orr, SI.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Now the stars are being refurbished, the aged pipes reamed clean and the new pump wrangled into its damp pit.
    Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 9 July 2017
  • As this is happening, Veronica reams Archie for spilling the beans about Pop's.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2018
  • During Pike’s first year as a starter, he was frequently reamed out on the sideline by Kelly for not making what Kelly thought was the correct read.
    Bill Koch, Cincinnati.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Drenched in dread, Wyeth’s story is told mainly by an anonymous narrator via 84 flashback scenes reamed with abrupt, enigmatic silences.
    J. Michael Lennon, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Obviously, Saturday night was not our best performance and some coaches would ream you and dig into individuals, but that doesn’t help anyone.
    Julian Cardillo, Pro Soccer USA, 16 June 2019

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