tremendousness
Example Sentences
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Whatever the thing could have been, my impression is of tremendousness, or of bulk many times that of all meteorites in all museums combined: also of relative slowness, or of long warning of approach.
From The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort
The author seems a little over-burdened by the tremendousness of her material.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton
Nor is the preeminent tremendousness of the great Sperm Whale anywhere more feelingly comprehended, than on board of those prows which stem him.
From Moby Dick: or, the White Whale by Herman Melville
"Oh, my dear, that was really kind," said Lohm, touched by the tremendousness of this sacrifice.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
It may be that he had had bitter experience in that line, or again, mayhap the newness and tremendousness of this other task stimulated him.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
