momentous
Example Sentences
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Each is embarking on a distinct changeover path, but the common denominator of resetting is unmistakable and momentous.
From Barron's
Ahead of the Brussels meeting, EU leaders were keen to stress the momentous nature of the decision.
From BBC
“Almost every year feels momentous,” Hoffman says about her career path.
From Los Angeles Times
Hall said he sometimes lies among the bricks and listens to them, as if by some magic force they could relay all of the mundane and momentous experiences they’ve witnessed.
From Los Angeles Times
The theater’s importance as a locus of intelligent inquiry and intellectual ferment—not momentous, alas—owes a great debt to his influence.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.