enormity
Example Sentences
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In an effort to show how serious Plaid was taking the challenge, ap Iorwerth said the "enormity" of the task ahead of them can "all feel daunting at times".
From BBC
Gray said he was "sorry with the way in which Emily feels police treated her that night", but he said the officers "understood the enormity" of what she had told them.
From BBC
Mia admits that, for the first time, the enormity of the detailing has caused sleepless nights.
From BBC
Together, they represent overkill of an enormity that should be considered essentially unfathomable.
From Salon
The enormity of the challenge isn’t lost on Mohammad Reda Jalkhi, the new head of Syria’s National Commission for the Missing.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.