an awful lot of

phrase

: a large amount of : much
You're making an awful lot of noise.
We don't have an awful lot of money/time.

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Clearly, Monahan has an awful lot of repair work to do, and not only with golfers, but with the families of 9/11 victims who came out so forcefully against LIV from its inception, and who spoke up against this union Tuesday night. — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023 For all her sophisticated humanism, Le Guin could also be an awful lot of fun. — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023 The decision to cut the 93-minute first section off with Bob Cousy’s retirement is semi-arbitrary, and then an awful lot of the 107-minute second section is set after Russell’s retirement and comes across as strangely under-sourced. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2023 One, there has been an awful lot of losing here, which fosters the mentality that something will surely go wrong. — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for an awful lot of

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“An awful lot of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/an%20awful%20lot%20of. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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