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.
  • The sums at stake are enormous.
    — Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That was an enormous breach of trust.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The bullpen strikes me as one enormous hope and a prayer, too.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The good—if not great—news is that there's been enormous progress.
    — Men's Health, 17 May 2023
  • Its leaves are enormous, more than a foot across, and oval to heart-shaped.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The struggle to get out of that was so enormous.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • That last mile is where the enormous value is.
    — Robert Mallernee, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • My body was used in ways that did enormous damage to me.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Experts say the scope of the fraud is enormous.
    — ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • At eighteen years of age, this was enormous for me.
    — Via Riverhead, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • And an enormous amount of oil may be about to flood the market.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • And that is there is an enormous amount to be gained from markets.
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There’s an enormous amount of content out there.
    — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There wasn’t an enormous amount of money.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Japan already has an enormous debt load.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The risks to civilians who leave — and those who stay — are enormous.
    — Josh Holder, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The loss was quiet but enormous.
    — Keith M. Bellizzi, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
  • To be clear, de Passe played an enormous role in the rise of the group.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The enormous cast teems with talent.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The impact here would be enormous.
    — Miami Herald Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
  • For them, seeing their movie play in this city is a source of enormous pride.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
  • An enormous wing is mounted off the sides of the back window.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Rumble has spent an enormous amount of money to get to this point.
    — Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This guy Puffy, this guy is in an enormous amount of trouble.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The cost of not preparing for one that does will be enormous.
    — Toby Stuart, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • All around her are enormous boulders in varying shades of gray.
    — Ben Huff, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • By an ally that receives an enormous amount of aid.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 17 June 2026
  • For some, the last five years have been an enormous source of frustration.
    — Mike Gousha and John D. Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024

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