Wondering how to use More in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as less or writer.
More in a sentence
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More meaning
- comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
- comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
- Additional; further.
Synonyms of More
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Using More
- The main meaning on this page is: comparative degree of many: in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) | comparative degree of much: in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) | Additional; further.
- Useful related words include: less, more than, writer, national leader.
- Possible Dutch translations are: meer.
- In the example corpus, more often appears in combinations such as: and more, more and, the more.
Context around More
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for More
- In this selection, "more" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, means, learn, became, people, pigs and manure stand out and add context to how "more" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1987 with more hunters more and always want more more money. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "more" sits close to words such as who, been and which, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with more
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
More growth, more margins, more markets, more risks, more profits. (10 words)
Western societies always want more; more money, more sex, more power, more control. (13 words)
I’m more confident, more understanding, more respectful, more attuned with myself and others, more mentally strong. (17 words)
As he starts more games, he’ll see more and learn more and understand more and get more out of an uncanny skillset that already has him among the best in the game — and that could eventually put him among the best to ever play. (45 words)
I am concerned that American Jewish leaders do little to try to influence Jews to be more Jewish — more learned in Torah, more observant of mitzvot, more inclined to marry Jews and have Jewish children and grandchildren. (37 words)
Displaying more and more positives since they off-loaded a number of players in the January window and completed some astute business in terms of key acquisitions, they are a more complete, albeit more compact, unit. (36 words)
Usually, the answer is more life, more food, more health, more stuff—but more, to what point? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Chinese counterintelligence threat is more deep, more diverse, more vexing, more challenging, more comprehensive and more concerning than any counterintelligence threat I can think of.
Accepting Jesus Christ is a relationship that accedes that He knows more, understands more, sees more, gave more, does more and helps more.
In short, there are two cards for every ballot, more candidates, more measures, more voters, more polling places, more mail ballots and more ballot cards in general.
Boydstun told the commission that a lot has changed since the surcharge program began in 1987, with “more hunters, more anglers, more tourists, more recreationalists, more vehicles.
I’m more confident, more understanding, more respectful, more attuned with myself and others, more mentally strong.
More growth, more margins, more markets, more risks, more profits.
And the more that happens, the more people care, the more people want to watch, and the more the athletes rise into relevance, pop-culture fandom, and the more we care about them.
Western societies always want more; more money, more sex, more power, more control.
As he starts more games, he’ll see more and learn more and understand more and get more out of an uncanny skillset that already has him among the best in the game — and that could eventually put him among the best to ever play.
Usually, the answer is more life, more food, more health, more stuff—but more, to what point?
Although it was capable of accurately predicting the planets' positions in the sky, more and more epicycles were required as the measurements became more accurate, hence the model became more and more unwieldy.
Gao 2008. p. 14. Workers were supposed to "grasp revolution and promote productions", while peasants were supposed to raise more pigs because "more pigs means more manure, and more manure means more grain".
Bing Chat is set up to give a more human-like answer to a question than a search engine, so it provides three types of solutions: more original, more balanced, and more exact.
But, despite profound promises to make us more productive, more flexible, more connected and even more fulfilled, innovations also bring new challenges to the workplace.
Certainly with EVs but of course, the more and more the connectedness comes in, the more and more we have to be concerned about cybersecurity.
Displaying more and more positives since they off-loaded a number of players in the January window and completed some astute business in terms of key acquisitions, they are a more complete, albeit more compact, unit.
Dolly envisioned creating a lifelong love of reading and inspiring children to “dream more, learn more, care more and be more”.
Essentially, more deposits means more capital available to lend, and more loans tends to mean more fee income as well as interest income.
Fair weather brought out more golfers, and more play meant more wear and tear from carts and foot traffic, plus more divots and ball marks to fix.
I am concerned that American Jewish leaders do little to try to influence Jews to be more Jewish — more learned in Torah, more observant of mitzvot, more inclined to marry Jews and have Jewish children and grandchildren.
Common combinations with more
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and more 121×
- more and 76×
- the more 66×
- more people 19×
- are more 18×
- be more 16×
- more we 14×
- more than 14×
- with more 12×
- as more 11×