How to Use quantity in a Sentence

quantity

noun
  • The wine is made in small quantities.
  • The family buys food in quantity.
  • The boss is worried about quantity as well as quality.
  • The quantity c is the length of the longest side, called the hypotenuse.
    — Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The quantities aren’t that high, so this one should have a short life on shelves.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The size, quantity, and shape of the housing follows from there.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • With such a large quantity of things open for all to see, make sure to group like items to keep the look streamlined and tidy.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The strips are cheap, about $1 to $3.50 apiece, depending on the quantity bought.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 9 Mar. 2022
  • They are now grown in lesser quantities and take longer to move out of the country.
    — Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • It still is found in Afghanistan, but it’s found in much higher quantities right now in Ukraine.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 May 2024
  • The swim shad is one of the few lures that can be counted on for quantity of fish and quality fish.
    — Jimmy Fee, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Furthermore, the quantity of food on each plate is small even relative to the size of the plate.
    — Anand Giridharadas, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • At first, this took the form of a resource tax, levied based on quantity produced.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2022
  • But the sheer quantity involved was not the whole story.
    — Bogdan Costea, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Much of the pollution comes from the mass quantities of oil refineries on the Gulf Coast.
    — Justin Klawans, theweek, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The strangest aspect of these fires, other than their quantity, is their calm.
    — The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Investors expect the first hikes in March and are wary about the pace and quantity of rate increases in 2022.
    — Damian J. Troise, ajc, 7 Feb. 2022
  • And the serving size reflects the quantity of one serving.
    — Jonathan Purtell, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Pear butter is the easiest way to make use of a large quantity of ripe or over-ripe pears.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The quality of recruits is still there even if the quantity isn’t.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The whole structure of an overseas studio is built on mass and quantity and speed.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 6 July 2022
  • The quantity of minerals that will have to be mined is mind-boggling.
    — Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 25 Jan. 2023
  • And as far as quantity is concerned, many of the original recipes call for 3 oz.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Before the war, the same quantity of formula would have cost $1,680.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • What makes a makeup kit good isn't quantity, but the quality of the products used.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The sale prices were only valid for that day, and quantities were limited.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • So, what is going on with the quality and quantity in the San Diego Section?
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
  • Major League Baseball easily leads the way in terms of the sheer quantity of games on the docket.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 14 June 2022
  • And even if adoption of EVs in the U.S. slows, the minerals are used in far larger quantities in defense.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 May 2025
  • Cost: At the time of writing, meals are $12 (and unlike others, cost doesn't change depending on quantity), and shipping is $11.
    — Molly Higgins, Wired News, 29 May 2025

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