multitude
/ˈmʌltəˌt(j)ud/ noun C1- A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
- The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.
Plural multitudes
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“That’s right!” exclaimed a multitude of voices, “go, and return as quickly as you can!”
This strange event aroused great wonder and curiosity in the neighborhood of the Allées de Meilhan, and a multitude of theories were afloat, none of which was anywhere near the truth.
Ah, maternal love is a great virtue, a powerful motive—so powerful that it excuses a multitude of things, even if, after Duncan’s death, Lady Macbeth had been at all pricked by her conscience.”
For a moment he convulsively pressed his head within his hands, and during that brief period he became nearly mad with terror; but soon a ray of hope glimmered in the multitude of thoughts which bewildered his mind, and a faint smile played upon his white lips and pallid cheeks.
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