big C

Example Sentences

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"I said, 'it's not a big C, it's a very little one'," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024

“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

And when he is simply expressing himself, as at the beginning of the Unfinished, and in the first and last movements of the big C symphony, he often does it on the same large scale.

From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.