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US
/ˈtənz/
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[ UK /tˈʌnz/ ]
[ UK /tˈʌnz/ ]
NOUN
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a large number or amount
she amassed stacks of newspapers
made lots of new friends
How To Use tons In A Sentence
- The quick touch buttons on the top are not really "touchable," you have to smudge (grind) the button a little to use it. Newegg.com RSS Feed - Daily Deals
- Here we did everything but lift up the old-fashioned coal-burning Aga cooker, which must have weighed a couple of tons at least. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
- 8. The reporters all want Obama to make the sort of inaccurate, snide, snipy comments that the Clintons are now firing off daily. Archive 2008-03-01
- Compared to a Finno-Ugric language like Estonian or Hungarian, which has tons of cases with exotic names like the inessive, superessive, ablative, translative, and exessive, English seems as poor as a pauper on payday. 2009 October « Motivated Grammar
- Lobsters, like all animals with exoskeletons, periodically shed their armor as they grow.
- The researchers found no separated bones or partial skeletons, which suggests that the dinosaurs were rapidly entombed while still alive.
- Horatia was still in mourning for her mother, and wore a black skirt, but Lucilla's was of rich deep gentianella-coloured silk, and the buttons of her white vest were of beautiful coral. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster
- His young, handsome, tonsured head was exquisitely carved in stone. The pope is coming. Liberals, be glad
- His sister Anaumed went over to Armorica in 490, and upon her arrival was married to Budic, king of the Armorican Britons. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
- It's safe to say that Burke Lake anglers have caught literally tons of bluegills, crappie, largemouth bass and other stocked gamefish since it opened.