tremendousness

Example Sentences

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It is so tremendous in its simplicity that, Greek-like, men stumble over its simple tremendousness.

From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

It may be that he had had bitter experience in that line, or again, mayhap the newness and tremendousness of this other task stimulated him.

From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar

The strangeness and tremendousness of what was happening came over me very strongly whilst, in a large chamber with barred loopholes, I was throwing off the rags in which I had entered this house.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

The proportions of the personages, in the light of the magnifying music, are seen to be heroic, their natures vast, their passions, in their very tremendousness, august.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

The author seems a little over-burdened by the tremendousness of her material.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard