How to Use great big in a Sentence

great big

adjective
  • And a great big loch at your doorstep.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This is a great big-batch recipe that feeds a crowd.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Here’s our great big highly specific guide to the theme park.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • This is a classic adaptation with a wise soul and a great big smile on its face.
    — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Last month, Australia just gave the mid-sized landing craft concept a great big boost.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Or at least a great big chunk of it, a piece in the shape of the entire state of Florida.
    — Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
  • Don't be shy about putting a great big sign over your head announcing your curiosity.
    — Danny Ertel, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The genocide rolled across time and space like a great big cellular explosion.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
  • In terms of optimism and excitement for a season and hope for great big things to happen.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Posh and Becks, as the tabloids called them—nice short words, great big headlines—were a celebrity match made in heaven.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Along with the chance to chill, there's a great big beautiful tomorrow earworm waiting for you.
    — Britt Kennerly, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • But again, the absence of low-range gearing and those great big Bridgestones are enough to keep us clear of the wilderness.
    — Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
  • The blood sprays and great big chunks of squishy red flesh that tend to follow are just the icing on this gleefully violent cake.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
  • If there was a big aquarium in The Boroughs, would there be a great big octopus in there?
    — Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 May 2026
  • The point was to project his own power and, perhaps, to inspire in his listeners a pang of jealousy at his great big chest of war toys.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • And this network of clubs was a kind of great big shopping window for sponsors and credit card and insurance firms to sign up fans.
    — The Athletic Fc Podcast, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Jones said Kayden was a great big brother to his sister, Kaylee, and an excellent son.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 30 June 2023
  • Four years later, all that proclaiming about the death of the great big TV show looks rather premature.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The House version of the bill, if it's embraced by the Senate, would bring a cleaver down on a great big pile of those carrots.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 3 June 2025
  • After the song ended, Clarkson gave River Rose a great big hug and a kiss on the forehead.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Their leaves turn bright yellow and drop in a great big pile, a vibrant seasonal effect that requires only a bit of maintenance.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • While the former requires, actually subsists, on no cookware at all, the latter requires a great big saute pan.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026
  • The Dev Board looks a lot like a Raspberry Pi, albeit one with a great big heat sink bolted on top.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2019
  • The track, co-produced by Benny Blanco, was a great big dud, even despite Rae’s colossal fan base.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • Juliet, now free to see what awaits her in the great big world, sets out to explore the world, alongside friends who include May, her non-binary bestie.
    — Mercury News Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There was a great big blue spark about the size of a baseball, and I got lifted off my feet and sent back eight or 10 feet to my amplifier.
    — Kate Hogan, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And even before media giants started setting great big bundles of cash alight on streaming, there were plenty of missteps in the linear space.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 June 2025
  • The gift of age is freedom — and how better to enjoy it than by opening our hearts and minds to adventure and exploring our great big wonderful world?
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Strange, given that Spoelstra’s mentor, Pat Riley, was a great big-man coach and supporter.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • After a long and sometimes agonizing wait, UCLA may have just landed its next great big man.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023

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