momentousness

Example Sentences

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If we wanted in on the powerful feelings that must have been swirling within each of them during such an exchange, or a nod to the momentousness of the moment — no dice.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

Scholars and journalists who cover the court are left struggling over how to explain to the public the momentousness of what is really happening.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2024

Though I didn’t realize the momentousness of it at first, we were one of the earliest American families to move to China in the months after it and the United States normalized relations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2022

The news is too saturated with actual momentous happenings for manufactured momentousness to create much of an impression.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2020

Drafted mostly by Szilard with Einstein’s input, the two-page, eight-paragraph document buries the urgency of the situation under dry and conditional prose, its momentousness communicated largely by Einstein’s signature at the bottom.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik