How to Use enormous in a Sentence

enormous

adjective
  • They live in an enormous house.
  • We chose not to undertake the project because of the enormous costs involved.
  • My Coach empire tote holds an enormous amount—my laptop, a change of shoes, various chargers, and so on.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The costs are enormous: cities such as Miami spend hundreds of millions of dollars on systems to pump the water out.
    Susan Joy Hassol, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But beyond the administrative side of the job, the speaker holds enormous power over the body’s agenda.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • While space is enormous, the dangers presented by a growing debris field are significant.
    Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
  • While the potential is enormous, the challenge has been translating these tools into solutions that are timely, easy to use, and easy to understand.
    Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Its enormous dramatic power is the product of Diop’s ingenious visual schema, one that’s all the more striking for its simplicity.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
  • California is planning to do an enormous amount of work with storm water capture and harvesting, but the actual implementation of these projects will take time.
    Pranshu Verma, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Vice President Harris is well equipped to appoint and lead a national security team in facing our enormous global challenges.
    Sam Nunn, TIME, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The attention would likely be enormous, particularly since the shooting happened away from Hollywood.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Using their enormous power the voters have elected him the next US Senator from California.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The good—if not great—news is that there's been enormous progress.
    Men's Health, 17 May 2023
  • Here’s how the Big Ten cuts an enormous chunk right out of the Heart of Dixie.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 8 Aug. 2023
  • And five enormous TVs play women’s sports, all the time.
    Katie C Reilly, ELLE, 27 July 2023
  • An enormous wing is mounted off the sides of the back window.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Smoke from the fire can be seen billowing on the east side of the enormous charred area.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Then an enormous blast went off, sending a plume of dust and smoke into the air.
    Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The Netflix roast of Tom Brady proved to be an enormous hit with subscribers.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 May 2024
  • Even if there’s a settlement, the bill will be enormous.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • For some, the last five years have been an enormous source of frustration.
    Mike Gousha and John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Connor sat at the center of the group of four men, holding up an enormous fish as the group all smiled.
    Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • In the last 50 years, the state’s largest city and county underwent enormous change.
    Mike Gousha and John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • The stakes of the debate are enormous: Harris and Trump are neck and neck in the polls, and this event may be their only match-up of the cycle.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
  • That’s a big part of why television networks pay enormous sums for the rights to telecast the Games.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • All around her are enormous boulders in varying shades of gray.
    Ben Huff, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Custom woodwork abounds and enormous windows fill the home with light.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The stakes for the nation were enormous, Mr. Hobbs said, because of the damage Mr. Trump had already done to faith in the nation’s elections.
    Jill Cowan, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • And that’s all aside from the enormous carbon footprint attached to these models.
    Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • There are vessels that are stuck inside right now and there's an enormous amount of traffic that goes through there.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024

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