How to Use big deal in a Sentence

big deal

noun
  • The party was a big deal.
  • The cost didn't seem like much to me, but I know it was a big deal for many people.
  • So what’s the big deal about that?
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Don’t make a big deal about things.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Why is the movie such a big deal?
    — ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • Which turns out to be a big deal.
    — Glen Weldon, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • Those are both big deals for the league.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But maybe that’s not such a big deal.
    — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Some might say that’s not a big deal.
    — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • So that's like, oh, well, big deal.
    — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • None of this may sound like a big deal.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But Williams sees it as no big deal.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • In Catholic school, holy cards are a big deal.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Taking the regime down is a big deal.
    — NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
  • To make such a big deal over nothing.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But that was a real big deal at the time!
    — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Why is broadband such a big deal?
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
  • For some buyers, that was a big deal.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • That might lead to fewer big deals.
    — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Delco strong — a very big deal.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t make a big deal about anything.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t make a big deal about anything.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Don’t make a big deal about anything.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t make a big deal about something.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026
  • But what is the big deal with the new software?
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
  • Losing back-to-back games is no big deal.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These things are hit or miss, no big deal either way.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Vans were a big deal in the 1970s.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Parties are a big deal in Iran.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • So just being able to host them at all was kind of a big deal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026

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