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Also, think highly or well or the world of. Have a good opinion of, regard very favorably, as in I think a lot of my daughter-in-law, or He didn't think highly of this company, or Dean thought the world of his youngest. These expressions use think in the sense of “regard” or “value,” a usage dating from the late 1300s. For antonyms, see not think much of; think little of.

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How to use think a lot of in a sentence

I think a lot of it has to do with the attitude and the energy behind it and the honesty.
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There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
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“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
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If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.
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“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Few people, I think, realize that, and fewer still realize the reasonable consequences of that.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
We are apt to think of these little ones as doing right only when under compulsion: but this is far from the truth.
Children's Ways|James Sully