big C
Example Sentences
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Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns, in tone, style and emphasis personify the previously big C and still small C conservatism of their patches.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025
“That’s the small c. But the big C in my life is Christianity.”
From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019
In wrestling with the profound loss of control that comes with the big C, the familiar — even if it’s a familiar feeling of agony — is also alluring.
From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2018
She popped into Rome’s St. Mary Magdalene Church, knelt before Camillus’ crypt and opened up about her twin bouts with the big C.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2017
Readers may not agree with my calling him Catholic with a big C; but they will hardly complain of my calling him catholic with a small one.
From George Bernard Shaw by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
