English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Few" in Example Sentences
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3023963	Tom and his lawyer left the courtroom together just a few minutes ago.	CK
73021	A few months later they return to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.	CK
805332	After a few weeks, doctors made Cleveland a new jaw out of hard rubber.	Source_VOA
40955	If there weren't so many taxis, there would be fewer traffic accidents.	CK
35180	May I ask a few more questions about that point? It's a little obscure.	CM
2042886	We just want to ask him a few questions about what he did last weekend.	CK
271052	A few days would have been excusable, but you are in arrears for 10 days.	CM
1893712	We think it may take a few weeks to finish doing what you asked us to do.	CK
63620	Quite a few people have been invited to celebrate the couple's anniversary.	CK
32877	Mountain bike racing has caught on with young Japanese in the past few years.	CK
276075	Few, if any, Americans grasped the significance of what had been accomplished.	CM
376959	If you arrive home before me, please feel free to have a few drinks and relax.	CK
3241717	Tom helped save me a few bucks by telling me about a cheaper place to buy one.	CK
273735	The whole company stood in silence for a few moments, as a tribute to the dead.	CK
265781	The young man got up hurriedly, stammered a few words and in a moment was gone.	CM
1158889	"Who will be coming to the party?" "A few friends and four or five colleagues."	CK
296166	He returned to his native village, where he spent the last few years of his life.	CK
847229	A few years ago, in San Francisco, a young woman came to us for vocational advice.	Source_Benedict_1921
73010	Call me every few days, and in that way we can keep in touch if something happens.	CK
271066	A few years ago it would have been inconceivable for Japan to send troops overseas.	CK
279245	The popularity of the telephone has led to fewer people writing letters these days.	CK
29312	In London, quite a few musicals and plays are presented at the theaters every night.	CM
473877	If you want to hear a scary story, I'll tell you about a dream I had a few weeks ago.	blay_paul
33163	Bob gave Tina almost all the stamps he had collected, and kept only a few for himself.	CK
847236	Hundreds of people marry each year who have known each other only a few days or weeks.	Source_Benedict_1921
65917	The fact that nowadays fewer men smoke is a headache for the Japanese tobacco industry.	CK
66951	The number of errors of fact in Arendt's book are considerably fewer than Abel implies.	CM
1934845	Before we get started, I'd just like to say a few words about how important this job is.	CK
285606	I could understand the first few sentences, but the rest of his speech was all Greek to me.	papabear
877824	Although he had fewer supporters among the governing class, he was able to get the popular vote.	alexmarcelo
704605	The handyman was supposed to arrive at twelve noon, but got stuck in a traffic jam for a few hours.	Eldad
1103560	If this kind of music floats your boat, let me recommend a few other musicians you may want to listen to.	CK
954382	There have been a lot of complaints in the last few days about the amount of noise coming from your apartment.	CK
954580	What surprised me most when I first entered college was how few of my classmates knew how to study efficiently.	CK
271033	A few people mentioned they would like to attend some sessions later in the day on the Technical Session Agenda.	CM
267913	A perfect knowledge of a few writers and a few subjects is more valuable than a superficial one of a great many.	CM
271574	I sometimes wish I could live a quiet retired sort of life but I doubt I could stand it for more than a few days.	CK
1210774	"When does your sister come back from work?" "I don't know, but I think she'll arrive at home a few minutes before me."	Guybrush88
27846	A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become.	CM
953963	If you want to sound more like a native speaker of American English, watch more American TV programs and fewer British TV programs.	CK
1988007	Since it will be cold soon, it might be nice to enjoy doing something outdoors the final few warm days we have before winter sets in.	CK
939787	No matter how much you try to convince people that chocolate is vanilla, it'll still be chocolate, even though you may manage to convince yourself and a few others that it's vanilla.	CK