too great
Example Sentences
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The challenges we face are too great for any one nation to bear alone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The need was just too great, thought Gil, to stand by and do nothing.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
He said he can't lose hope that "one day a social revolution will allow me to go back, but for now the risk is too great".
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
The pitch remained flat but the weight of a colossal target was too great.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
The Garcías were only legal residents, not citizens, but for the police to mistake Mami for a citizen was a compliment too great to spare a child discomfort.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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