momentousness

Example Sentences

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No late craziness or shocking weirdness or shining momentousness here.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

The jovial candid photos of the leaders and their high-flown speeches amply testified to the event’s momentousness.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2022

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