How to Use lot in a Sentence

lot

noun
  • They own the house on the corner lot.
  • He bought the vacant lot across the street.
  • Unhappy with her lot in life, she moved to the city to start over.
  • We took a tour of the Universal lot.
  • The organization has done much to improve the lot of underprivileged youth.
  • The hillside lot is sloped, with the rear yard lower than the front.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That seems a lot like the pot business before this law.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 25 June 2023
  • That 2011 test message was a lot wordier than those used now.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The trouble in the early years was that Smith's parents worked a lot.
    April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2023
  • All of this has taken time and lots (and lots) of money.
    Curbed, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Part three will launch on March 18 with the first lot closing Sunday April 7.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The rest of the weekend will be a lot quieter than, forecasters say.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • But that didn’t deter them from dreaming up big plans for the space, which had good bones and was on a large lot.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Though more than eighty years have passed since the book’s publication, not a lot seems to have changed.
    The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
  • So a lot has changed between the two men since January, right?
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The property’s lot measures 5,136 square feet square feet in area.
    Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • There’s a lot more fast corners on Belle Isle, fricking fast corners to be on a street course — and with a lot of bumps.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023
  • Yes, there are some sensual scenes, but the film offers a lot more than just finding the big O.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
  • Now used for parking, the two lots to be developed are north and south of Pier View Way along the west side of the railroad tracks.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • At the tow lot Traci and Stuart drove into the parking lot of the tow company a few hours after the sweep.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The parting lots open at 10 a.m. Stadium gates open at noon.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The strike-throwing ability is a lot better than a few weeks ago.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • She was seen several times for the first couple of months, and lots and lots of effort was put forth to find her.
    Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Park in the dirt lot behind the reservation office and horse corral.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
  • This means a lot for a lot of reasons – for her, for this community.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • What’s more, pay-to-park lots don’t work because scooters have no dash on which to place receipts.
    Madeline O’Leary, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Come with a big group, order a lot, and take all the leftovers home to eat the next day, or more likely, later that same night.
    Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • These are just a few ways AI has changed the world, and lots more changes will come in the near future as the technology expands.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 23 June 2023
  • But the road to the ranch was busy with trucks hauling heavy equipment and pipes for the massive development two lots over.
    Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Here’s why, for Italy, leaving was a heck of a lot easier than staying away.
    Susan Howson, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024

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