How to Use a great deal in a Sentence

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  • This was a long haul and a great deal of blood, sweat and tears.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Those breezes from the north should calm down a great deal as well.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • At less than $100, this is a great deal and costs a lot less than a trip to the vet.
    — Molly Higgins, Wired News, 9 May 2025
  • This is a great deal on Canon's top-of-the-line R5 camera body.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, the Catholic Church has done a great deal for many people.
    — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • All that could be seen from the boat was a great deal of thrashing around.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The bride’s parents gifted her the gown which meant a great deal to her.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • This thing is rock solid and a great deal at this price.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But that takes a great deal of self-control [from] the consumers.
    — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Plus, the very nature of health care demands a great deal from the patient.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune Well, 20 May 2024
  • Who We Are spends a great deal of time sitting and writing.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 30 Mar. 2023
  • There's not a great deal of research on how pets respond to eclipses.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Gualtieri added that from Rome’s point of view the idea of having Emily in Italy makes a great deal of sense.
    — Alan Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
  • She is named after her mother, and that name means a great deal to her.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But that #10 zipper is going to last a great deal longer.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
  • It’s just hidden under a great deal of angst, pain, anger and loss now.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no need to wait until Black Friday for a great deal on a new TV.
    — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Restoring the Palestinians’ faith in the PA will take a great deal of effort and time.
    — Aaron David Miller, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That race in the 2010s to offer the best sale possible was a great deal for consumers.
    — Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 3 June 2024
  • Also, your nipples and your breasts may hurt a great deal.
    — Donna Murray, Rn, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • There had been a great deal of snowfall in the days leading up to the avalanche, according to Le Parisien.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • If a person is anemic or has lost a great deal of blood, the lips become pale.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Oz makes a run for it, but the bomb explodes and collapses a great deal of Crown Point above them.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Each purchase comes with two bracelets, so this is also a great deal.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And that there could be a great deal of injury inflicted.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • So there was still a great deal of research and vocal training that had to be done on my part.
    — Nia Shumake, Essence, 15 May 2025
  • The United States has already learned a great deal about the future of warfare from Ukraine.
    — Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
  • There’s a great deal of ruin in a nation, as Adam Smith once observed.
    — Allysia Finley, wsj.com, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Once a new superintendent is in place, that person is under a great deal of pressure to act quickly.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025
  • Inflation has come down a great deal but has been running somewhat above our two-percent longer-run objective.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025

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