roomful
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I don’t think anybody could gather a roomful of luminaries like that from entertainment, tech and politics in the way that Clive did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
“I remember a roomful of actors muttering ‘Jesus Christ’ each time they realized they had to sit through another cartoon,” Ms. Minnelli writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
He even flirts with advocating for marriage equality after meeting with Sharon Stone, although he doesn’t admit that in her presence, and with a roomful of priests bearing witness.
From Salon ● May 10, 2025
He likens the effect of these chemicals on water-born bacteria to offering hungry humans a roomful of fattening fast food.
From BBC ● May 10, 2025
He was suddenly in a roomful of strangers and he decided to do nothing at all.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
It was presented as tough medicine to the city, as well as to roomfuls of shouting parents so angry that at times they were restrained by security.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024
In turn, Moore clearly has developed that thing often present in, say, military children: the capacity to go comfortably into roomfuls of strangers.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
Hospital systems and insurers — which have become huge, Hydra-like enterprises — now all employ roomfuls of coding-program graduates to perform these tasks.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2017
This year, police officers confiscated roomfuls of expensive goods, including bottles of Château Pétrus, among the world’s most expensive wines, and a $3.7 million clock.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2012
And yet, the house did seem to have filled itself, to have drawn out of the family roomfuls of activity.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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