enormity

Example Sentences

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But her family, too, was reluctant to talk about her or the enormity of their loss.

From Seattle Times

As investigators searched for a motive in the killing of six people at the Covenant School in Nashville, the close-knit community there was struggling with the enormity of its loss.

From New York Times

Life had been relentless for so long, so she tried her best to minimize the enormity of this discovery.

From New York Times

“We’ve seen time and time again that the public has not absorbed the enormity of what Biden has done on climate so far,” she said.

From Seattle Times

“I could wax poetic about the rolling prairie, or how much I miss the enormity of the sky,” he said about North Dakota.

From Seattle Times