tremendousness
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A pyramid may thrill us by its tremendousness; we may dream how once the legions of Mark Antony encamped below it, how the eagles of Napoleon went tossing past.
From Modern American Prose Selections by Byron J. (Byron Johnson) Rees
Nor is the pre-eminent tremendousness of the great Sperm Whale anywhere more feelingly comprehended, than on board of those prows which stem him.
From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Herman Melville
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 Oliver [pseud.] Onions
He stood by while they shook hands with Poppy, who turned her head away as if to hide some scar, and when she had gone across to Marion tried to get in his designed tremendousness.
From The Judge by Rebecca West
Then think of the tremendousness of this work Karl Hubers is doing!—where it strikes—the hearts breaking for it—the thousands praying for it!
From The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love by Susan Glaspell
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