How to Use momentous in a Sentence

momentous

adjective
  • My college graduation was a momentous day in my life.
  • This is why these past three months have felt so momentous around here.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The group broke up less than a year after this momentous show.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2022
  • The girl group knows how to ride the pop machine’s momentous arc.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
  • If any of those things were to come to pass, the impact would be momentous.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Don't let it get lost in the shuffle of all the momentous days since.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Ressler added that the business has gone through momentous changes in the past few decades.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Did the loss of your father at such a momentous time in your life affect you?
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Will Apple want to mark this momentous change with a new name?
    — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2020
  • But the momentous opening will be without one of its stars.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Some guests even took their phones out to film the momentous occasion.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Maybe Sunday’s momentous hit will be the one that sparks him.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
  • Not long ago, choosing the right fork at a business meal felt like a momentous pass-or-fail test.
    — Fardad Zabetian, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • So … buyer beware, hope at your own risk and know that the odds are against a momentous turn ahead.
    — Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • For a large majority of us, the war years were the most momentous of our lives.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Spears sees one of her albums reach that momentous figure for the first time in her career.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • This is a momentous time to resolve issues that have been plaguing you for the last few weeks.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Every track on the album pushes past the three-minute mark and builds up to a momentous bridge.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Relative to where things stood a couple of months ago, the change seems momentous.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Solo brass can sound momentous.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The return to Khartoum was momentous for me but the war had not ended.
    — Yousra Elbagir, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Ligon’s first day was momentous, too, for the many people who have helped him, Team Joe.
    — Author: Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Looking back, 1996 was a momentous time for video games.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • September is a momentous month that marks both back-to-school and a return to the runways.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Rae is among the class of best new artist nominees tonight and dressed for the momentous occasion.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
  • There was a lack of screens, which actually helped the show feel more momentous in its fashion.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Do events in the sky portend that something momentous is about to happen on Earth?
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • To her, Capri is a place that full of memories of momentous childhood firsts.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Yet for all the changes, the program’s expansion to older adults may have been the most momentous.
    — Kaiser Health News, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But just the fact that Simmons played in the game Wednesday was momentous.
    — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022

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