largeness

Example Sentences

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“Johnson is able to convey the largeness of human experience through the tiniest, punchiest sentences.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

We are so used to associating “masterpieces” with largeness of conception that it often can shock us to discover that modest quirkiness has its own appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

These constant revelations help pace an experience that might otherwise feel overwhelming while emphasizing its absurd, daunting largeness.

From The Verge • Apr. 4, 2022

At the most basic level, a book such as Wheatcroft’s demonstrates the smallness of his frame compared with the largeness of his subject.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2021

There is an innocence in him that I have found merely foreign and foolish; yet in another moment that seeming innocence reveals a discipline of knowledge and a largeness of purpose that awes me.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin