enormity
Example Sentences
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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.
And the first paragraph: Terrified earthquake survivors sought the safety of open ground Tuesday as the enormity of Turkey’s tragedy became clear: more than 2,000 people killed, 10,000 injured, and thousands more missing.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
