momentousness

Example Sentences

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If we wanted in on the powerful feelings that must have been swirling within each of them during such an exchange, or a nod to the momentousness of the moment — no dice.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

Scholars and journalists who cover the court are left struggling over how to explain to the public the momentousness of what is really happening.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2024

Though I didn’t realize the momentousness of it at first, we were one of the earliest American families to move to China in the months after it and the United States normalized relations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2022

Only through hindsight provided in voice-over narration by Daniel Stern, who interjects with 30-something Kevin’s nostalgic reflections, does the protagonist fully understand the momentousness of the era he lived through as a youth.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2021

As so often happens in life, the momentousness of an occasion is lost in the welter of a thousand details.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela