greatness

noun

great·ness ˈgrāt-nəs

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: the quality or state of being great (as in size, skill, achievement, or power)

Today, many Inca buildings still stand—all witnesses to an empire of unforgettable greatness.—

Michelle Laliberte

An understanding of the visible world became a better way of understanding the greatness of God.—

Mario Salvadori

I came back convinced that bourbon and its cousins are America's contribution to world distillery, with as strong a claim to greatness as anything from Scotland, Ireland, or Canada.—

Corby Kummer

… young team that came within a game of reaching the World Series, a team on the verge of greatness.—

Barry Rozner

Tyson, 33, has long since abandoned any claim to boxing greatness, having squandered his promise in two jail sentences, a suspension and several gory defeats.—

Richard Hoffer

Examples of greatness in a Sentence

a poet whose work is of enduring greatness the overwhelming greatness of the canyon is what visitors first notice

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Here are the Christmas episodes of The Office, ranked in order of greatness. 7. —

Elizabeth Entenman, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024 Share stories of greatness and invite examples of excellence from others. —

Chip Bell, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 Part of the film’s greatness was achieved thanks to its talented cast, which includes Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. —

Keith Langston, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024 Woman wants to be Roary in honor of family With the Detroit Lions on the verge of unparalleled greatness, Robin Rose would like to do herself what generations of her family did for close to 60 years: climb into a worn, smelly lion costume and run across the field. —

Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for greatness