How to Use enormity in a Sentence

enormity

noun

• We were shocked at the enormity of the crime.
• They didn't fully grasp the enormity of their decision.
• And was basically pleading for his school to give him time give the enormity of his rebuild.
  — Barry Odom, ajc, 12 Oct. 2017
• Instead, the Spartans came out looking lethargic and a bit dazed by the enormity of the stage.
  — Luke Srodulski, ajc, 11 Nov. 2017
• But given slow growth rates and the enormity of the task, even more modest gains will take a long time, Thorvaldsson said.
  — Author: Henry Fountain, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
• To find out, the staff asked listeners, who through crackling phone lines described the enormity of the catastrophe.
  — Patricia Mazzei, miamiherald, 20 Sep. 2017
• Sophomore Madison Musselman was struck by the enormity of the problem.
  — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2017
• Cronkite measured the time, as if measuring the enormity of what seemed incomprehensible.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2017
• Bush’s commitment to writing to all military families of the dead and to reaching out by phone or meeting with many others came despite the enormity of the task.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2017
• Paradoxically, the enormity of the task ahead, added to the fact that the country’s modernization process is still at an early stage, is somehow an upside.
  — Marcello Rossi, Smithsonian, 15 Sep. 2017
• The wife of a Kansas City lawyer shot and killed Wednesday is struggling to grasp the enormity of her husband’s death, a spokeswoman for the woman said a day after the tragedy.
  — Toriano Porter, kansascity, 26 Oct. 2017
• Scrupulous and perhaps constrained at the thought of overdoing things, Jolie has allowed the enormity of the story to get the best of her, creating a film that is more disturbing than moving.
  — Kenneth Turan, latimes.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• The world has yet to grasp the enormity of the issue at hand.
  — Surendra Patawari, Fortune, 13 June 2020
• The study/joint commentary in the Lancet doesn't mince words on the enormity of the task.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2019
• Thule tourism lies in the enormity of the history of the search for Thule.
  — F. Salazar, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2020
• That flag Ajayi wore was one more symbol of the enormity of the whole thing.
  — Mike Jensen, Philly.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• That’s why DuVall is quick to point out the enormity of the task the pair took on with these roles.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2022
• The enormity of that loss, if the judge agrees with it, could add many years in prison to Ms. Holmes’s sentence.
  — Heather Somerville, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• The enormity of that event was the most challenging part for me.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• We have been told that the heart can go numb in response to such enormity.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
• The sheer enormity of the task was such a daunting challenge.
  — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2019
• The member said that the stress of the loss, coupled with the enormity of the leaks, has left him worried and sleepless.
  — Shane Harris and Samuel Oakford, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
• But there is no playbook for the enormity of the challenge.
  — Aniruddha Ghosal, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2021
• The sheer enormity of what Emil had faced, endured, and overcome had us all in awe and on the verge of tears.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2021
• Though Ben might be a savvy big-city guy, the enormity of Texas is a new concept for him.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 July 2022
• That’s the outsized enormity of a handful of weeks in March.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
• From a gas guzzler to an EV is a huge leap, and the enormity of it might not win over the eco-conscious.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 22 Oct. 2020
• Fever coach Christie Sides framed the enormity of the load Clark is shouldering.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
• My biggest job was to keep my playfulness alive and to not get overwhelmed by the enormity of the task.
  — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
• In a city where plenty of hotels could stake a claim to be the biggest and boldest, the sheer enormity of the complex—which opened in 2015 as a sleeker, more contemporary alternative to the city’s grande dame hotels—is a sight in and of itself.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024