How to Use immensity in a Sentence

immensity

noun
  • She couldn't understand the immensity of their problem.
  • The region is vast with its few villages lost in the immensity.
    — National Geographic, 13 June 2019
  • So much was at stake, the immensity of this almost became too much to bear as the clock ticked down.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 May 2020
  • Given the immensity of the refugee crisis, why even try to make an impact?
    — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • But anyway, something about not letting the immensity of it all grind you down.
    — al, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The grainy stick figures appeared tiny against the immensity of wetlands and sky.
    — Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Tired eyes wide open to the immensity of our planetary challenge.
    — Katharine Wilkinson, Time, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Stevens chose to enact the story on a scale of mythic grandeur and timeless immensity.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 Jan. 2026
  • One of my real challenges is overcoming the immensity of the space.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, 17 July 2019
  • The first impression that the Hancock makes is one of sheer immensity.
    — Taran Dugal, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Feeling the rush of the ocean or the immensity of a forest rejuvenates and grounds me.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • For all its immensity and depth, the sea did not have, never had, and never will have its rhythm in a pair of turgid tetas the size of two corozos.
    — Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • He was drawn to the immensity of the ice, and to the stark landscapes retreating glaciers leave behind themselves.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Shots of a lone figure dwarfed in the immensity of an untainted domain fill Zhao’s movies.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The sheer immensity of fires like this is difficult to comprehend.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2022
  • But this is also just one more thing that speaks to the immensity of BTS’ success.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The immensity of the Sinai Desert forced the survivors to remain in the enclave.
    — Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
  • After a day pondering the immensity of Tikal, the lake becomes more than scenery.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Lee reveled in the immensity of what is, by most any standards, a pretty small corner of a pretty small country.
    — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Their grandeur and immensity manage to surprise us even in an age when humans are building larger and larger things.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • His tempos were very slow, the slowness of a shaman who could create a sense of overpowering immensity.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Given the immensity of many venues — and because the toilets are often buried deep in the bowels — this is a running joke.
    — Will Noble, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The immensity of the scene and grand scale of the heavens offered me some perspectives that might not happen at the same place during the day.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • And still, the immensity of the loss in terms of the dead made the event the worst disaster since the bombing of Nagasaki.
    — Kevin Nguyen, GQ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • For me, the immensity of the scene awakens the soul to the many mysteries and greatness of the universe and to our relative place in it.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • The immensity of muscle seemed to vibrate slowly — to expand and contract, with the grazing.
    — Gerald Bartell, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
  • While Kennecott was able to pinpoint the time of the Bingham Canyon slide, the immensity was a shock.
    — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 21 Jan. 2018
  • The desert often draws searchers, nomadic types, people looking to get lost for a bit in all of the immensity — or, conversely, to find themselves.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
  • There was hugely more of it and less of me, rendered infinitesimal in the presence of this immensity.
    — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • One of our favorite facts about the hybrid Vette is the immensity of its 345-section-width rear all-seasons.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023

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