enormous

Example Sentences

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It’s an enormous sum, which is why so many bankers are involved.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The problem is that steel cables become so heavy over long distances that their own weight adds enormous strain to the system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Those launches are almost as impressive in flight, surging into space with an enormous bang and rising at the speed of a bullet.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Among its more impressive features are an extraordinary great room with a 30-foot ceiling, as well as an expansive primary suite that boasts a sitting room, balcony, enormous walk-in closet, and two bathrooms.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The thing’s enormous, eight feet high and wide, with webs of wires and rows of rotating rotors—like something the Son of Frankenstein might have invented, if he’d been a brilliant code breaker.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin