enormity
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know if the enormity of this has sunk in yet,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
But it was a chance to capture the imaginations of new generations of future space explorers, while also calling back to the one-giant-step-for-mankind sense of awed enormity that characterized the 20th-century Space Race.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 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
But despite the "enormity" of goodwill witnessed "in the city and beyond", Fr Gormley said Amy's loved ones are struggling to come to terms with "the reality of what has happened".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
If she believes in me, if she feels the enormity like I do, she will believe in this.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Vocabulary lists containing enormity
Things Fall Apart
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