How to Use the masses in a Sentence

the masses

plural noun
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  • Score it for a deal before the masses find out about it.
    — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • The band pushed the style onto the masses in a way that hadn’t been seen–or heard–before.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Still, Clark put her fears aside and joined the masses who traipsed to the Mall for the day’s showstopper.
    — Mary Claire Molloy, Washington Post, 4 July 2023
  • There is great and growing anger among the masses about the border.
    — Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Once the recipe was finalized, the dessert joined the restaurant menu in 1972 and later spread to the masses.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
  • With more than 3 billion worldwide users, Meta will be putting the power of AI in the hands of the masses.
    — Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Fear is the agent used by the regime to control the masses, and maintaining joy was a means of survival.
    — Tara Grammy, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Hublot intends the watch to serve as more of an avant-garde art piece than something meant to be worn by the masses.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Or niche and retro hardware that gets overlooked by the masses.
    — House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The game is now enjoyed by the masses in the country of 200 million people.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • My apologies to those who have won something; the masses don’t.
    — Norman B. Gildin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The drugs shrank some of the masses, but the primary tumor in my uterus kept growing.
    — Amy Ettinger, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Somebody alert the news stations, the masses need to know: 2Humpy is pretty much over.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Brooding archetypes themselves, big-screen stars who wore the best peacoats brought them to the masses.
    — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2023
  • This is the time of year when Mariah Carey is all about bringing joy and happiness to the masses.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Over the last decade, Hawtin’s vision of getting the masses into techno worked — in fact, maybe too well.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Bruce Willis' family is filled with joy that his breakout role now can be streamed by the masses.
    — Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
  • This halftime show wasn’t going to be a soulless tasting menu for the masses.
    — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps this is a good way to handle VPN protection for the masses.
    — PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Against a deep blue sky that seemed without clouds, the masses of white petals seemed from below to suggest the gleam of snow on a mountaintop.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The magnitudes of the gravitational forces by the Sun and by the Earth depend on the masses of both bodies.
    — Larry M. Silverberg, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Waterhouse, too, was among the masses of Daisy Jones fans prior to getting cast.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Disclaimer: winter is Maui's rainy season, but that doesn't stop the masses from trekking to the summit for sunrise.
    — Sarah L. Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2023
  • This is a first for the CFDA and makes fashion design accessible to the masses.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 12 July 2024
  • OpenAI has no such fear of pushing the latest in AI technology out to the masses.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The smash hit helped former Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins endear himself to the masses.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 13 June 2024
  • Besides providing framing, trees and larger shrubs—and the buildings—make up the masses in the landscape.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2023
  • To be clear, even new houses that aren’t luxury homes aren’t affordable for the masses.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Cars are being marketed to the masses, so folks can travel farther to work.
    — Jessica Damiano, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Once the female moth lays eggs, the masses hatch in a few days, depending on temperature.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024

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