an awful lot
idiom
informal
1
: a large amount
They lost an awful lot of money.
She does an awful lot of talking.
2
: very much
I like him an awful lot.
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And that's why the House product is taking on an awful lot of water in the Senate.
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Steve Inskeep, NPR, 6 June 2025
In a career that spanned from being part of Chicago’s famed Second City theater in the Seventies to a 2023 appearance in a moose costume on The Masked Singer, Wendt worked an awful lot.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Thus far in 2025, there are an awful lot of reasons for optimism.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Included in the government’s indictment is an excerpt from a jubilant email Smith sent to his co-conspirators (the ones who sound an awful lot like Mitchell and Bessoff).
—Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
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Steve Inskeep, NPR, 6 June 2025
In a career that spanned from being part of Chicago’s famed Second City theater in the Seventies to a 2023 appearance in a moose costume on The Masked Singer, Wendt worked an awful lot.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
Thus far in 2025, there are an awful lot of reasons for optimism.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Included in the government’s indictment is an excerpt from a jubilant email Smith sent to his co-conspirators (the ones who sound an awful lot like Mitchell and Bessoff).
—Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for an awful lot
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