tremendousness

Example Sentences

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Indeed, they were all too dazed by the suddenness and tremendousness of the blow to think very clearly about anything.

From Dandelion Cottage by Rankin, Carroll Watson

Then think of the tremendousness of this work Karl Hubers is doing!—where it strikes—the hearts breaking for it—the thousands praying for it!

From The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love by Glaspell, Susan

A pyramid may thrill us by its tremendousness; we may dream how once the legions of Mark Antony encamped below it, how the eagles of Napoleon went tossing past.

From Modern American Prose Selections by Rees, Byron J. (Byron Johnson)

Nor is the pre-eminent tremendousness of the great Sperm Whale anywhere more feelingly comprehended, than on board of those prows which stem him.

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman

He felt as though he had a new conception of life; and he realised its tremendousness as he had never realised it before.

From Tommy by Hocking, Joseph