How to Use humongous in a Sentence

humongous

adjective
  • I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.
  • The league may have opened a humongous can of worms on Sunday.
    — Steve Svekis, Sun Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Many movies just depict the world as a humongous place that’s amazing to live in.
    — William Earl, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The trials were so humongous, all the results must be iron-clad.
    — Hilda Bastian, Wired, 8 Dec. 2020
  • This isn't the first time someone has tried to bring these humongous snails through an airport.
    — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 21 July 2021
  • This isn't the first time someone has tried to bring these humongous snails through an airport.
    — Chron, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Right now, the models are humongous.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Italy’s humongous debt is one thing investors don’t have to worry about – at least in the short term.
    — Alessandro Speciale, Bloomberg.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Step right up, folks, and feast your eyes on the most ginormous, the most humongous phone known to man!
    — David Pierce, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2018
  • The zoom has a humongous front element and will show flare if the sun hits the glass from an angle.
    — PC Magazine, 19 May 2025
  • But the star is still hanging on to his humongous mansion in his hometown—at least, for now.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 12 May 2023
  • This humongous sale includes oodles of booths with antiques and one-of-a-kind items.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2018
  • Even the teams that have changes for other reasons saw humongous effects.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2018
  • Maurice is known for its humongous cakes, big enough for 30 or more servings.
    — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2021
  • So stick that cufflink in your hair, wrap that thick chain around your ankle, rock that humongous initial ring.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The transition will be a humongous pain for people who teach students how to make sense with words.
    — Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
  • There’s a humongous plot of land that used to be a hospital that’s been closed for about 30 years now.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • At that time, the spot was not only much bigger, but also much more oblong, like a humongous oval.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Gu sized up their new digs, a condo with a bachelor-pad feel—fireplace, sauna, hot tub, humongous grill.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Put the regular-size key in the model, and a humongous key falls from the heavens in the real world.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2021
  • The sandwiches here are not humongous, but they’re also priced right at less than $10 apiece.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
  • The Nanny’ be a humongous Broadway hit there and then do the series again with a whole new cast.
    — Susan Hornik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
  • After a four-hour battle, an angler in Texas reeled in a humongous fish that will likely set a new world record.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Standing 5 feet to nearly 15 feet tall, each has been cut from one or more humongous chunks of black walnut.
    — David Pagel, latimes.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The center of the restaurant is home to a humongous cheese cellar that resembles a giant glass tube.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • On Khaled Khaled, though, the beats write humongous checks the vocals aren’t always cashing.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2021
  • The ships are organized by size, from the humongous aircraft carriers at the top to the smaller ships at the bottom.
    — Jordan Valinsky, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The same goes for the dinosaurs and the other humongous throwbacks—creepy enough, in their skeletal fashion, but no match for Kong.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • His humongous gourd weighed a staggering 2,346 pounds.
    — Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Even though there was no public access at the Butler Yard stop, reporters were able to get an up-close view of the humongous train.
    — Alexa Buechler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2019

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