hundreds and thousands

plural noun

1. tiny beads of brightly coloured sugar, used in decorating cakes, sweets, etc

Example Sentences

“Going through the mass graves, there is hundreds and thousands of bodies and it’s not something that can be done so quickly. It is going to take years and years and years,” she said.

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His family members were among the hundreds and thousands forced to live in detention camps during a crackdown on the Mau Mau, a movement of independence fighters.

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The chat begins with Vice President JD Vance, Ratcliffe, Hegseth and others debating the merits of launching a series of airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, part of the U.S.'s longstanding involvement in a civil war that has killed hundreds and thousands of civilians.

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"Ireland is the sixth largest source of foreign direct investment in the US, supporting hundreds and thousands of jobs across the US," he said.

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They also wanted the hundreds and thousands of Tutsi refugees who had been forced from the country by ethnic violence to be able to return home.

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