hundreds
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
An inflected form of hundred · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,925 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,617 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- ten 10s also: 100, C, century, one C
hundreds in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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On all sides the towering walls rose for hundreds of feet.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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Hundreds of people turned away, but the vast crowd still looked calmly on.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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And when their tombs are opened after hundreds of years, sweet odours escape therefrom.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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I suppose I've been by it hundreds of times, but I never saw it till to-day.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Under the tall elms stretch the shady streets, alive eternally with the ever-new youth of ever-coming hundreds of boys.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1