vastness

Example Sentences

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And I was always interested in not just the stars and planets and constellations but also the sort of vastness of space.

From Scientific American

Though I’m not a spiritual person, the silence and the vastness of the landscape — and the warmheartedness of the people I met — created an abiding aura of serenity.

From New York Times

Rescuers are still searching for a submersible that disappeared near the wreckage of the Titanic on Sunday, racing against time to find the vessel in the vastness of the sea.

From New York Times

Before that it was a passage from a Taoist book about how insignificant we are in the vastness of the cosmos, yet how we should still strive to be a better part of it.

From New York Times

They cram themselves every day by the millions onto India’s overtaxed trains, chasing a shred of economic opportunity across the vastness of the world’s most populous nation.

From New York Times