momentous

Example Sentences

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These momentous shifts partly explain how the U.S. economy easily withstood a surge in oil prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Biographers such as Ms. Riskin frequently claim their subjects are more momentous than they were.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Does Townsend have many big calls to make for such a momentous game?

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

It has become customary for presidents to release pictures of themselves in the Situation Room at momentous times during their White House terms.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The son of Grace and Ernest Turner, the daughter of Emily and Jack Tallis, the childhood friends, the university acquaintances, in a state of expansive, tranquil joy, confronted the momentous change they had achieved.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan