enormity

Example Sentences

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"Instead of being dumbstruck by the enormity of it, we can actually make progress toward an answer about why we're here in the universe."

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Also notice that the true enormity of Africa comes across on this map.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

"You cannot underplay the enormity of this giant-killing."

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Together, they represent overkill of an enormity that should be considered essentially unfathomable.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

It would not have been so bad if the average individual were not torn between the enormity of the charge, if true, and its sensational folly, if false.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov