How to Use row upon row in a Sentence

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• The hilltop town is encircled by forests of oak and hazel and row upon row of vines.
  — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• Some charter planes took off with row upon row of empty seats.
  — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021
• In the sleeping area, row upon row of green cots stretch out, each one with a pillow, some sheets and a blanket and some towels.
  — CBS News, 19 Oct. 2022
• In the sleeping area, row upon row of green cots stretch out, each one with a pillow, some sheets and a blanket, and some towels.
  — Deepti Hajela, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• From the garden dining area is a view of rugged verdant hills traced by row upon row of vines like contour lines on a map.
  — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• Large open kilns made from those very same mud bricks stand next to almost every home; row upon row of identical bricks dry in the open air.
  — MarÍa Verza, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2020
• Before dawn Monday, row upon row of candles flickered beneath the frosty vines in Chablis.
  — Thibault Camus, ajc, 4 Apr. 2022
• Pelindaba Lavender Farm, with 25 acres in the middle of the island, showcasing row upon row of the fragrant, vibrant herb.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 14 July 2022
• After William dies, the camera reveals row upon row of machines building Dolores-Charlotte’s army of hosts.
  — Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 June 2022
• The smoke hung low over row upon row of vines, giving the area an eerie vibe reminiscent of an apocalyptic fiction setting.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• Firefighters sat in row upon row, their dress uniforms - crisp white shirts and formal blue blazers - marking the solemn occasion.
  — Akilah Johnson and Dan Keating, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
• Everything else, row upon row upon row of shelving and tall lockers, was hidden in shadow.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 4 Sep. 2018
• The audience rises in row upon row upon row, a tsunami glittering with 2,000 eyes.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2021
• The Anteaters play their matches at a dedicated esports arena, a large space filled with row upon row of computer stations.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
• In the covered market there is row upon row of stalls selling everything from meat to soft cheese (a very popular ingredient in Uzbekistan).
  — Tom Bouchier Hayes, CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
• An orange sun is setting behind row upon row of monotonous pines.
  — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2021
• Earlier this year, a massive printer oozed out row upon row of gray, toothpastelike ribbons of mortar that have hardened into walls.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2021
• Beforehand, cooks manned smoking grills outside where row upon row of shish-kabobs were grilling while inside, other volunteers were setting out foil pans filled with salads and pastas.
  — David Sharos, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2021
• In many ways then, there is nothing remarkable about the village of Sonigama, a collection of mostly mud-and-timber buildings surrounded by row upon row of sugar cane and paddy fields.
  — Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• Blow up your Instagram with photos of row upon row of vibrant red, pink and yellow giant Tecolote ranunculus, a showy flower native to Asia.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
• At a sprawling open-air market near the Black Sea, shoppers duck in and out of rusting shipping containers that have been converted to makeshift army surplus shops, scanning row upon row of uniforms, boots and tactical gear.
  — Ed Flanagan, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2022
• Markets usually attract elbow-to-elbow crowds to row upon row of ornament and food sellers, foot traffic that spills over into revenue for surrounding hotels and restaurants.
  — David McHugh, Emily Schultheis, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2021
• The eloquent solemnity of row upon row of new gravestones in a Wuhan cemetery strikes a plangent chord as Wang reflects on authoritarian leaders using national crises to push through autocratic measures.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024