How to Use ten in a Sentence

ten

noun

• Some videos have even climbed into the tens of millions of views.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 29 July 2019
• Then the Dutch brought in tens of thousands of people from China to till the land.
  — Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
• The result was a world war that lasted four years and led to the loss of tens of millions of lives.
  — Christine Adams / Made By History, TIME, 17 July 2024
• No one under the age of ten appears to have died from the disease.
  — Krista Langlois, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2020
• The climate has been changing for tens of thousands of years.
  — Michael Wilner, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
• The state tried again in the 1970s, putting money in a parks bond to fund the purchase of tens of thousands of acres in the Sutter Buttes.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
• There are tens of millions of people watching the show, and loving the show.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
• Seals and sea lions have been hit hard, with tens of thousands killed.
  — Sam Ogozalek, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024
• Those honored here are just a handful of the tens of thousands who've lost their lives.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 24 Apr. 2020
• The losses were sometimes in the tens of thousands of dollars, the release said.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2019
• During the day, the site handles tens of thousands of requests.
  — Matt Butcher, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
• In a matter of weeks, tens of thousands of tech workers lost their jobs.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
• In the years that followed, tens of thousands were killed in both cities by the radiation from the blast.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
• People come in the tens of thousands and sometimes the hundreds of thousand.
  — Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 15 May 2020
• This is dreadful news for the tens of thousands of high school athletes who tear their ACL each year.
  — Luis Fernando Llosa, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2020
• That number is now in the tens of thousands and is climbing every day.
  — Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2020
• Though the closure will affect tens of thousands of jobs, few are opposed to it.
  — Julie Watson and Lisa Baumann, ajc, 7 Apr. 2023
• The Birkin, a bag made by Hermès, can retail for tens of thousands of dollars.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
• Now, tens of thousands of Mets fans are art collectors too, thanks to the giveaways.
  — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2024
• But more is needed to make this easier for the tens of thousands who drive 101 each day.
  — Gary Richards, The Mercury News, 29 July 2019
• This, combined with bloody street fights, left tens of thousands of civilians dead.
  — Laura Moserb, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024
• The bags often sell for tens of thousands of dollars on the secondary market.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• The city is set to host six matches – a massive event that will draw tens of thousands of spectators from around the world.
  — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
• The flame arrived back in Japan last week, drawing a crowd in the tens of thousands, prompting more health concerns.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2020
• At one time there were tens of thousands of haenyo, but their number has dwindled to a few thousand now.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
• The company sells access to the driving scores of tens of millions of people.
  — Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 9 June 2024
• Costs quickly run into the tens of millions of dollars.
  — David Migoya, The Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2019
• That’s a far cry from the tens of thousands that turned out to vote in the early hours of the 2022 primary and general elections.
  — The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• Bird flu has also killed tens of millions of egg-laying hens and has driven egg prices to record highs.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 5 Feb. 2025
• In recent years, the net worth of various members of Congress has been garnering more attention, especially those that have tens of millions of dollars in assets.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 21 Feb 2025