How to Use ten in a Sentence

ten

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Now, tens of thousands of Mets fans are art collectors too, thanks to the giveaways.
  — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2024
• 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 company sells access to the driving scores of tens of millions of people.
  — Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 9 June 2024
• 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
• The stretch of road from the Capitol Building to Freedom Plaza was packed with tens of thousands of protesters.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
• Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 9 Aug. 2023
• Humans saving seeds dates back tens of thousands of years.
  — Tamara Yakaboski, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• The new record comes as tens of millions of people are grappling with extreme weather in the United States.
  — Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 7 June 2024
• Some retirees are bracing to be billed tens of thousands of dollars.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 15 May 2023
• The burglar stole 106 rare clocks worth tens of millions of dollars, then vanished without a trace.
  — Fern Reiss, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
• Finding a dependable big may not be click bait, but probably makes the top-ten to do list.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2022
• Within days, tens of thousands of utility customers were in the dark.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
• Join me in shopping for kitchen dish towels on Amazon, where there are tens of thousands of fresh options to choose from.
  — Laura Gurfein, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
• The holidays are behind us, and for the New Year, tens of millions of Americans have resolved to lose weight.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
• Still, the demand for the drugs has exploded, with tens of millions now taking them worldwide.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
• The tens of thousands of items in the store are accessible to complete orders if needed.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
• Having celebrated 10 years, what’s next for Novikov? Roll my sleeves up in readiness for the next ten!
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
• There are a few small cities and tens of thousands of acres of cotton, tobacco, soybeans, and other crops.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024