How to Use prodigious in a Sentence

prodigious

adjective
  • The state has prodigious oil reserves.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 6 May 2026
  • These videos reveal just how the ants, the fastest in the world, achieve such prodigious speeds.
    — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Seelinger’s staff on Oscar night is prodigious.
    — Brett Berk, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The prodigious bass player has felt omnipresent for years.
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2026
  • His prodigious belly is belted with vines, too, and his mouth is stuffed with leaves.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-Lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2021
  • The mill’s prodigious low-end grunt shows up with even the slightest touch of throttle.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 7 June 2022
  • In what seems like prodigious heat for the Arctic, the taps here are all wide-open.
    — Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Winds could go as high as 70 mph at some peaks and the rainfall will be prodigious.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Her prodigious work ethic has yielded a superb artist on the rise.
    — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The right-handed slugger will bring prodigious power to any team that signs him.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • With their prodigious talent, the Dodgers should not be swept in a series.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
  • But his recording output, though under the radar to many, was prodigious.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2020
  • EVs produce prodigious torque, which accounts for the whole pulling-a-train thing.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 23 July 2019
  • Cruz is a 6-foot-7 shortstop with prodigious power and good speed.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Lamine's prodigious talent was such that he was spotted by Barcelona scouts at age 6.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Long, prodigious home runs have fueled the Twins over the past couple of seasons.
    — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
  • By any measure, the paintings and drawings reflect a prodigious amount of work for an artist of any age.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • This is not new for Rodgers, who for the past decade has been one of the most prodigious musicians in any genre.
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022
  • While in Congress, Porter proved to be a prodigious fundraiser.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Chris Vrabel has seen first-hand Tiafoe’s prodigious talent and drive.
    — Kelyn Soong, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Schultz and Fraites have certainly been prodigious during the past decade, and more.
    — Gary Graff, cleveland, 3 July 2022
  • The rock was spotted a year and a half ago and its prodigious size is in dispute by even the man who uncovered it.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Then came Soto, the prodigious home run hitter who hadn’t hit one in 27 days.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Schwarber passed it in his way in the fourth inning with one prodigious swing that awakened these Phillies.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • For four centuries, Spain’s prodigious naval power built an empire that stretched around the globe.
    — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Buckley and Bale, though prodigious and fervent in their craft, don’t have much substance to work with.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Both young men rapidly showed prodigious potential.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Like Guston, Rand is a prodigious reader.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Her actions in her nine months on the Fulton County board have been prodigious.
    — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
  • So the dream continues to grow to prodigious proportions.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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