greatness

Example Sentences

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"I believe greatness isn't measured by how many people stand beneath you," she continued.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

“We needed something else that sounded like the call to greatness that wasn’t part of him yet. And there’s no greater call to greatness than the ‘Game of Thrones’ theme,” says Parker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

The possibility of human goodness or greatness, Forster insisted in a 1791 article, “is not bound to any particular place on earth or to a privileged tribe.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

His final masterstroke—bullying the world into saluting his greatness by executing an incredible comeback—will once again remind him that the maw at the center of his being remains unfilled.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Vitellius the Lar followed, stumbling over his shimmering purple toga and readjusting his sword, telling everyone how he’d predicted Percy’s rise to greatness.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan