How to Use thousand in a Sentence

thousand

noun

• Others saw it as the singer choosing to take in the moment and vibe with the crowd of thousands.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Apr. 2023
• Too Short’s early records would sell tens of thousands of copies around the Bay Area.
  — Tom Breihan, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled to southern Gaza since the start of the war on Oct. 7.
  — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• Crusaders killed thousands in the Rhineland massacres of 1096.
  — Alan G. Futerman and Walter E. Block, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2023
• Hundreds — maybe even thousands — have come out of my kitchen.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
• He’s said that being in the DJ booth in front of thousands of people gives him the rush of his playing days.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2023
• But experts had to look at hundreds or even thousands of records to prove that smoking was the cause.
  — Jared D. Taylor, The Conversation, 21 May 2020
• They were not prepared for thousands of people to show up.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
• Early in the war, Israel amassed hundreds of thousands of troops along the border.
  — Isabel Debre, Julia Frankel and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
• At the height of the windstorm, tens of thousands were in the dark in Nevada and Utah, where power has mostly since been restored.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
• Hundreds of thousands of birds are killed each year by wind turbines across the United States.
  — Jim Talamonti | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 July 2024
• Hundreds were killed and thousands injured, and huge swaths of the city were badly damaged.
  — NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• While some of the ads reached only thousands of users, others spread far more widely.
  — David Gilbert, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2023
• Outside the palace, thousands lined the streets of Amman, many of them wrapped in traditional red-and-white scarves.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• On Sunday, thousands of people took to the streets to show their support for the defendants.
  — Mike Corder, ajc, 3 Apr. 2023
• There was also the fact that Mod, like hundreds of thousands of others, was a massive fan of the 2009 novel.
  — Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
• Related In the stands above, tens of thousands watch the show, dancing to live orchestras.
  — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
• Hundreds of thousands have been displaced from their homes.
  — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• There are thousands of kilometers of water along the coast just put aside all the know shark gutters as no take zones.
  — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• Like hundreds of thousands of Israelis, Shabtai serves in the reserves and has spent the past three months fighting in Gaza.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
• In the meantime, the amount involved can balloon into tens of thousands of dollars or more.
  — David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
• It’s usually attached to the right door frame at the entrance of a home, and it’s been a part of Jewish culture for thousands of years.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
• About 80% of the population of 2.3 million have fled their homes, and U.N. agencies say hundreds of thousands are on the brink of famine.
  — Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 4 Mar. 2024
• These professionals, among the best in the world, investigate the cause of thousands of fires each year.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2024
• At Lake of the Ozarks, hundreds — if not thousands — gathered for a packed pool party over the holiday.
  — Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 26 May 2020
• Every dog owner needs a dog leash, and there are hundreds — if not thousands — of options out there to choose from.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
• Adding to the weather woes, heavy snow knocked out power to tens of thousands of residents Friday and through the weekend.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2024
• The Plunge for Elodie takes place in numerous cities across the country each spring, with thousands of people taking a leap to support the 6-year-old and the fight for a cure.
  — Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• At the time Donahue’s show aired, a little more than 700 cases had been diagnosed, though tens of thousands of people had already unknowingly contracted the virus at that point.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
• Other Swift shows have seen thousands of ticketless fans linger outside the official venue in a joyous overflow of Swiftian enthusiasm.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024