1.   All during the night thousands were out in quest of plunder.

2.   Because of the haphazard way infertility is managed, thousands of couples are in a similar situation.

3.   Downsizing was the order of the day, and thousands of jobs were lost.

4.   Factories had closed, and thousands were out of work, without unemployment insurance to soften the blow.

5.   For every child we take in, thousands are left to look after themselves on the streets.

6.   I learned that there were thousands of men pursuing my sisters, who seemed not the least bit concerned.

7.   There are thousands of different computer games on the Market.

8.   There are thousands of new cases of AIDS in Africa every year.