capacious

Example Sentences

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The main body of the show, mounted in capacious glass cabinets, is organized around his most notable books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

For Elizabeth McCracken, writing a novel requires attention to matters as small as punctuation and as capacious as the imagined world her characters inhabit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

“The city needs to develop a sense of using its capacious authority to maximize the welfare of its own people,” he told me.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2025

It would be one thing if Amnesty issued a report calling for a more capacious definition of genocide under international law.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

And she pulled a lace kerchief from her capacious bosom, and dabbed at her daughter's cheeks, which had suddenly become covered with tears.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman