monumental
Example Sentences
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A classical stadium would echo another new, planned gateway to the city: the monumental Roman-inspired arch the president promises to build in the traffic circle near Arlington Memorial Bridge and the Lincoln Memorial.
Put simply, Eala is a monumental star in the south-east Asian country - a nation which has limited pedigree on the tennis circuit.
From BBC
The proof of Akangbe Ogun's pudding, as it were, is writ large in the monumental sculptures, structures in fantastical formations that attest to his mastery of his art, on view all over the Osun Grove.
From BBC
Defence analysts say that a lightning operation to take Greenland could be done relatively easily, but the fallout would be monumental.
From BBC
Even Khrushchev understood that what seems like rapid change in the moment often proves far less monumental over time.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
