great many

Idioms  

1. see under good many.

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Example Sentences

For a great many American families, there is a single answer: the ones narrated by the English actor Jim Dale.

From The Wall Street Journal

As for the ballet itself, she was too distracted by her sewing to follow the story closely, but it involved a great many ballerinas dressed as birds doing complicated dance steps.

From Literature

“A great many costumes went into this one costume,” she thought, pleased with both her disguise and the potential math lesson, but there was no time to solve the costume/costumes problem just now.

From Literature

“As it turns out, I have a great many important things to say.”

From Literature

“A game, certainly. Do what you think best. But you must excuse me. It is the day of the CAKE, and there are a great many details I must attend to.”

From Literature