Sentence examples for many tables are from inspiring English sources

Too many tables are crammed into the far dining room, which is noisy and uncomfortable.

Many tables are covered with a motley collection of tablecloths, and the 1930 family members sit on mismatched chairs.

The evidence is everywhere, from the mailboxes of city residents, where one in every 66 households has received a foreclosure notice, to restaurants, where many tables are empty by 9 o'clock on a weekend night.

Too many tables are crowded in, with the result that all sense of privacy and luxury are absent.

For example, the properties of being a table and being a cat are properties of this kind; there are definite facts of the matter as to how many tables are in the kitchen and how many cats are on those tables.

Thus we ask "How many tables are in the room?", and expect an answer of the form "There are three tables"., in contrast to the question "How much wood is in the room?" for which an appropriate response would be "There are 3 cubic feet of wood in the room".

Many tables were designer-decorated, with horse and flower centerpieces.

Even on a Saturday night, many tables were empty; on a Wednesday, most of them were.

Family-sized bags of potato chips, earlier centerpieces on many tables, were now pushed down on their sides so the little ones could see the stage and continue to munch.

The wine list was not as off-puttingly expensive as you might expect from such surroundings -- the bright, flower-filled room whispered money and many tables were filled with prosperous-looking characters -- and we splurged on a very good bottle of California Chardonnay (1998 Rudd Estate, $76) followed by a half-bottle of insanely delicious 1997 E. Guigal Côte Rôtie ($45).

Inside, some of the expected dignitaries are absent, and too many reserved tables are vacant.