tremendousness
Example Sentences
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Suppose then that one day I should surprise him in some act, stupid and meaningless to myself, but as fraught with tremendousness for him as was that first command, "Let there be Light!"
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
The strangeness and tremendousness of what was happening came over me very strongly whilst, in a large chamber with barred loopholes, I was throwing off the rags in which I had entered this house.
From Romance by Conrad, Joseph
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 Melville, Herman
"Oh, my dear, that was really kind," said Lohm, touched by the tremendousness of this sacrifice.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
How strange it was, and how awful, the tremendousness of life, the nearness of death, the absolute relentlessness of suffering, and all the prattle.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
