Lots
[lɒts] or [lɔts]
Examples
- A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I can tell 'ee lots about the married couple. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There are such lots of horrors this morning, she added, clearing a space in the centre of the confusion and rising to yield her seat to Miss Bart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Once in the line, and there's lots of 'em plying to and fro, so the chances are we'd soon be picked up. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We have lots of company for the Voyage, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I've always longed for lots of boys, and never had enough, now I can fill the house full and revel in the little dears to my heart's content. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Lots of anecdote,' said the green-coated stranger of the day before, advancing to Mr. Winkle and speaking in a low and confidential tone. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- My brother had handed, from time to time, lots of these sheets to me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She has lots of expensive knowledge, sir, political and otherwise. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Lots of money--old girl--pompous doctor--not a bad idea--good fun,' were the intelligible sentences which issued from his lips. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I planned it, and she only gave in after lots of teasing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I like him, Mamma, because he knows such lots of things; and he ain't like old Veal, who is always bragging and using such long words, don't you know? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lots of food and liquor and pretty girls! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Missis has spilt lots dat ar way, said Dinah, coming uneasily to the drawers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The sand hills, some of them almost inaccessible to foot-passengers, were surveyed off and mapped into fifty vara lots--a vara being a Spanish yard. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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