great many

1. see under good many.

Example Sentences

This does not set it apart from a great many such screenplays, and the series does not shy away from genre tropes — the car chase through a marketplace, a fight with a seemingly unbeatable big bald bruiser.

From Los Angeles Times

Regardless of race, gender, or class, a great many Americans want opportunities and a rightful claim to what should be theirs.

From Slate

Perceptions of Democrats are, frustratingly, shaped by a great many totally unaccountable and unelected randos.

From Slate

It was at this point, according to Baldwin, that Hansberry spoke up and said to Kennedy, “You have a great many very accomplished people in this room, Mr. Attorney General, but the only man you should be listening to is the man over there. That is the voice,” she added, pointing to Smith, “of 22 million people.”

From Slate

And America’s conservatism and religiosity has always meant that a great many families are hostile to gay, trans, or gender-nonconforming people, even when those people are their own children.

From Slate