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Example sentences for "several hundreds"

  • They depended solely for subsistence upon the fisheries; and upon the dry sands we often saw small boats drawn up to the number of several hundreds in the same place.

  • They are extremely numerous, several hundreds of them being sometimes in sight, and all under sail.

  • Several hundreds of such images are thus seen at one glance of the eye.

  • The number of fibulæ from La Tène now amounts to several hundreds.

  • They are not united to the adjacent continent by a shallow bank, but are usually separated from it by a depth of sea of several hundreds to more than a thousand fathoms.

  • But such is not the case; for though the far greater area is much the best explored, presents more varied conditions, and is tenanted by a larger number of Natural Orders and genera, these contain fewer species by several hundreds.

  • The number of species in a genus varies greatly, from one up to several hundreds.

  • Their land unfenced, was often suddenly visited by a herd of several hundreds: their crops were trodden down, and devoured in a few hours.

  • The ladies wore the colors of their parties, and even the children to the number of several hundreds, marched in the train of Mr. Dry, the popular candidate for Launceston.

  • At New Norfolk and at Pittwater, with a population of several hundreds, no religious service had been performed.

  • Several hundreds of the Tokrooris were killed, and the Abyssinians retreated to the mountains.

  • In the evening, several hundreds of Arabs arrived, and encamped around our fire.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    chief factor; connection with; formed like; our history; several churches; several different; several families; several feet; several generations; several hundred; several hundreds; several months; several parts; several passages; several persons; several places; several points; several things; several thousand; several times; several tribes; several waters; several works; since what; taken back; with this