enormity
Example Sentences
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Speaking anonymously, one said: "It felt like a military operation. The sheer scale and enormity of it is breathtaking."
From BBC • May 6, 2026
“I don’t know if the enormity of this has sunk in yet,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Aside from the enormity of the amount proposed, defense budgets are as susceptible to leakage as any government-funded program.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
"Instead of being dumbstruck by the enormity of it, we can actually make progress toward an answer about why we're here in the universe."
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
It would not have been so bad if the average individual were not torn between the enormity of the charge, if true, and its sensational folly, if false.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Vocabulary lists containing enormity
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