extreme

Example Sentences

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In the years since, Glenn said he had spotted various signs of Bigfoot, through unidentified faeces, hoots and animal remains torn apart in ways which would require extreme strength.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Reaching Uranus is difficult primarily because of its extreme distance.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The current pullback, however, isn’t nearly as extreme, with the S&P 500 now just 4% from its pre-war close on Feb. 27 and some 5.5% south of the all-time high it reached in late January.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

As Sam Sacks writes of this posthumously published collection of short stories, “Segal never loses her equipoise, or her sense of humor, in these most extreme confrontations with mortality.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Given the extreme weather conditions that constantly plague the area around where both the Erebus and the Terror lie, excavating the wrecks present an enormous challenge.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler