enormity
Example Sentences
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"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
Also notice that the true enormity of Africa comes across on this map.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
Mia admits that, for the first time, the enormity of the detailing has caused sleepless nights.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
The enormity of the challenge isn’t lost on Mohammad Reda Jalkhi, the new head of Syria’s National Commission for the Missing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Vocabulary lists containing enormity
Things Fall Apart
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"Why I Wrote The Crucible"
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