gargantuan

Example Sentences

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In Riyadh, construction crews in recent months parked their backhoes at a quarter-mile-wide pit where the world’s largest building—a gargantuan cube that could hold 20 Empire State Buildings—was supposed to be built.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But even they may be stumped when faced with the gargantuan challenge of coming up with a deserving story to encapsulate the unique feat of producing 500 episodes of television.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

A bomb meant to kill a monster ends up creating a gargantuan problem, one that has inspired 38 movies and counting.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

And while Tagovailoa’s bill is gargantuan, releasing him helps Miami escape some future costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The Big Jack was a forest eater, a mammoth, three-story-high machine with three gargantuan steel-toothed wheels that not only knocked over pinon trees, but also crunched them up into bite-sized fireplace-perfect logs.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols