capacious

Example Sentences

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The main body of the show, mounted in capacious glass cabinets, is organized around his most notable books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Tanizaki’s capacious tale is as intricate as origami—and the Makioka women are memorable, both as subtly drawn individuals and a collective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“The city needs to develop a sense of using its capacious authority to maximize the welfare of its own people,” he told me.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2025

The work, which had its New York premiere on Thursday and repeats on Saturday, is capacious, confounding, cathartic.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2024

The midwife lifted her skirt and dug down into a capacious pocket made in her petticoat.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith