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Sentence count:248+69Posted:2016-07-17Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: a couple ofa fewSimilar words: safelyquite a fewMeaning: adj. more than one but indefinitely small in number. 
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151. She allowed herself only a few moments'indulgence in self - pity.
152. After a few minutes, he turned around and began to retrace his steps.
153. For a few years its luminosity flared up to about 10,000 times the present-day luminosity of the Sun.
154. I have tried to pack a good deal into a few words.
155. Add a few leaves of fresh basil to the salad.
156. If the woodland is left alone[sentencedict.com/a few.html], it will regenerate itself in a few years.
157. He began his speech with a few lines of poetry.
158. My aunt made a few pointed remarks about my taste in clothes.
159. I picked up a few good bargains in the sale.
160. A few months living away from home have given him renewed self - confidence.
161. With your examination only a few days ahead,it is time you began to buckle to.
162. She comforted herself with the view that her husband would come back in a few days.
163. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be rateful.
164. Many things now cost double what they did a few years ago.
165. After a few laps of the track, the sweat was pouring off the runners.
166. He'd got only a few minutes to spend with her.
167. They sell a few pot plants, but they mainly sell cut flowers.
168. He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes of the brush.
169. It suffices to comfort her with only a few words.
170. Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.
171. She wrote a few hurried lines to him on the back of an envelope.
172. A few faint gleams of sunshine lit up the gloomy afternoon.
173. For a few seconds we watched the unearthly lights on the water.
174. The manager assistant came here to execute a few small commissions for the manager.
175. The game ended a few hours too early, leaving players and spectators unsatisfied.
176. Brooks was abreast with the leading runner for a few minutes but then fell behind.
177. I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would tech him the joys of sound.
178. After a few months' contact the monkeys become very tame.
179. He's directed so many films that you might expect a few duff ones.
180. Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest.
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