tons in English

noun
1
a unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds avoirdupois (907.19 kg).
Units exported or imported were reported only in pounds, gallons, bales, bushels, short tons , dozens, bags, crates and bunches, etc., depending on the commodity.
2
a large number or amount.
all of a sudden I had tons of friends
3
fashionable style or distinction.
Whereas the rest of the comedy takes place in closed drawing, dressing, and dining-rooms, and uses a small cast, the party suddenly opens up spatially into the world of ton or fashion.

Use "tons" in a sentence

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1. The Standard displacement increased from 1,365 tons to 1,500 tons.

2. The normal displacement of the battleships was 42,600 metric tons (41,900 long tons).

3. The ships displaced 11,785 metric tons (11,599 long tons) at full load.

4. The Americans and British were permitted up to 150,000 tons and Japan 105,500 tons.

5. Standard displacement rose to 51,000 tons, while deep load displacement rose to 63,400 tons.

6. For every 10 tons of sugarcane crushed there is almost three tons of wet Bagasse.

7. And you have a pirate ship on stage surrounded by tons and tons of water.

8. Truck, crane (over 24 tons)

9. 2,500 tons of steel scrap

10. We cleared tons and tons of stinking, rotting fish carcasses from the local fish processing plant.

11. The fabric alone weighs two tons.

12. Worldwide, about 80 million tons of rice hulls are produced annually, providing 3.2 million tons of silica.

13. Tons of action on that table.

14. Mucho moody with tons of testosterone.

15. There are tons of school projects.

16. Artics come in a number of sizes ranging from about 10 metric tons carrying capacity to 50 tons

17. The Second Five Year Plan raised steel production to 18 million tons and coal to 128 million tons.

18. 1,000 tons is above that azimuth track.

19. The factories varied widely in size from 50 tons to 2,000 tons of cane - crushing capacity per day .

20. Displacement was 1,854 long tons (1,884 t) standard and up to 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) under full load.

21. From a high point of 2.7 million tons in 1997, production dropped to approximately 1.1 million tons in 2002.

22. The elevator’s carrying capacity is 2 tons.

23. Two tons of cast iron or more.

24. But that system has tons of problems.

25. For each American, it's about 20 tons.

26. Breakbulk tonnage crossing all docks increased by 14.4% (33,494 tons) in July for a total of 265,891 tons of cargo

27. In 1990, France, the top European producer, made about 70,000 tons of mustard and 2,000 tons of various other condiments.

28. Zhukov requested the Soviet Government to transport urgently to Berlin 96,000 tons of grain, 60,000 tons of potatoes, 50,000 cattle, and thousands of tons of other foodstuffs, such as sugar and animal fat.

29. Cornelian Cherry produces tons of edible cherries

30. We're gonna be doing tons of bonding.

31. Play Blackjack now and win tons of Coins!

32. Truck, crane heavy lift (up to 25 tons)

33. Like, I got tons of those, you know.

34. It has been estimated that the Mississippi River annually carries 406 million tons of sediment to the sea, the Yellow River 796 million tons, and the Po River in Italy 67 million tons.

35. According to Greenpeace, 100 tons of munitions were dumped at the site in 1991 and 400 tons thus far this year.

36. The explosion blew almost 6,350 short tons (5,760 metric tons) of the ship's steel into the air, some at supersonic speed.

37. This accounts for their incredible density —over a billion tons per cubic inch [over a hundred million tons per cubic centimeter].

38. That in turn requires extraction and electrolysis of 450 tons of water and liquefaction of the resulting 50 tons of hydrogen.

39. Ten tons of top-of-the-line security.

40. 3.2 tons per square inch, to be exact.

41. It's nutritious and filled with tons of love!

42. The pressure outside is # #/# tons per square inch

43. It's missing 80,000 tons of acidic chemical sludge.

44. The Vasa had some 120 tons of ballast.

45. By June 1997 the total amount was 1,100 pounds [500 kg] of medicine, 10 tons of high-protein biscuits, 20 tons of other foods, 90 tons of clothing, 18,500 pairs of shoes, and 1,000 blankets.

46. All these modifications increased displacement by 3,000 tons.

47. Molas are infamous for carrying tons of parasites.

48. I had science projects and tons of astronomy books.

49. The 54-m3 detector tank was filled with 101 tons of gallium trichloride-hydrochloric acid solution, which contained 30.3 tons of gallium.

50. Mexico quickly gave help, sending 700 tons of food, 11 tons of medicine, four rescue planes, rescue personnel, and trained search dogs.