noun
definition
A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
example
Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many.
definition
A considerable number.
adjective
definition
A large number of; numerous.
pronoun
definition
An indefinite large number of people or things.
example
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Examples of many in a Sentence
You ask too many questions.
He was such a wonderful person in so many ways.
How many times do I have to tell you?
Many days passed before they came in sight of land.
How many miles had he ridden this morning?
But you can learn many things from books.
However, there were many challenges.
I wish you many happy returns of your name day, said the visitor.
With so many people at their house, it was fortunate that the weather was warm and dry so they could utilize the courtyard for the children.
One has so many relatives in Moscow!
He visited many lands and saw many wonderful things.
He did a great many things.
Jonathan Swift, often called Dean Swift, was famous as a writer on many subjects.
How many times have any of us been involved in an event remotely exciting?
My hands felt every object and observed every motion, and in this way I learned to know many things.
Many ships are wrecked and the sailors are drowned.
Then he sang a wonderful song, so sweet, so lively, so touching, that many of the sailors were moved to tears.
Apparently this was a favorite haunt for Giddon... and how many others?
I was then for a time the Head of the finest Flying Machine that was ever known to exist, and we did many wonderful things.
Many tasks in life have to be done.
They say she has a family of young wolves up there; and that is why she kills so many lambs.
Wild imagination, listening to too many stories, or maybe because I have the ranch.
The houses of this city had many corners, being square and six-sided and eight-sided.
How many miles had they traveled today?
How many seventeen year old virgins do you know?
I don't know how many times or how many ways I can say I'm sorry.
It would have been humiliating if anyone had noticed, but no one seemed to pay much attention – probably because so many others were also drinking.
Next morning they all assembled for the final parting, and many of the officials and courtiers came to look upon the impressive ceremonies.
Many are the travellers I have spoken concerning them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to.
I think you've been putting in too many hours lately.
And many other stories are told of this man's great love and pity for the timid creatures which lived in the fields and woods.
I saw so many of those peasant carts in your yard.
I am told that while I was still in long dresses I showed many signs of an eager, self-asserting disposition.
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
It seemed unlikely that he would travel so many miles to get her, and then give up.
How many times have I offered to let you stay with me - free?
I've travelled many miles since my last and I'm becoming impatient for company.
Many years after that, some funny little verses about Mr. Finney's turnip were printed in a newspaper.
All this happened many years ago in New Britain, Connecticut.
When have we seen so many fortunes made by so many so quickly?
I send many kisses and hugs with letter.
So many different eyes, old and young, were fixed on her, and there were so many different faces, that she could not distinguish any of them and, feeling that she must speak to them all at once, did not know how to do it.
In the closets he discovered many fancy costumes of rich velvets and brocades, and one of the attendants told him to dress himself in any of the clothes that pleased him and to be prepared to dine with the Princess and Dorothy in an hour's time.
Then I could go to many strange lands and see many wonderful things.
Many of them were so tame that they would eat from my hand and let me feel them.
One learns many things then, she added with a certain pride.
Many spoke eloquently and with originality.
Yes, we have many horses.
In such a small town, there couldn't be many positions, and the pay wouldn't come close to what she was making in Tulsa.
He learned many languages and became known all over the world as "The Learned Blacksmith."