How to Use vast in a Sentence

vast

adjective
  • She has a vast amount of knowledge on this subject.
  • The policy is supported by the vast majority of citizens.
  • The land that skirts the gulf is a vast time machine.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That doesn't make any sense when the universe is so vast.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
  • Yet finding the best places is not easy in a city so vast.
    — Kate Krader, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Needs are vast The needs in Haiti are vast.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
  • It is reserved for two duck boats and vast piles of decoys.
    — Worth Matthewson, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Around them is a vast monochrome expanse as far as the eye can see.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The area is so vast it can be seen from space, but most people have never heard of it.
    — Jessica Beaudette, The Conversation, 11 Oct. 2025
  • And the market for these components is vast and deep.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 May 2026
  • The islands are not covered by a vast primeval forest.
    — Craig Stanford, Big Think, 7 May 2026
  • The differences in airfare for those seats can be vast.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • All in a place where people are living atop vast deposits of coal, oil and gas.
    — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Its vast grasslands, the pampas, have rich soils and good rainfall.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Want to go apple picking through vast orchards?
    — Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Those dark bands are vast dust lanes in the galaxy, blocking your view of stars behind.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Landscapes unfold over vast, rocky tracts, engulfed by big skies.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The scale is vast, but the details pull the eye in every direction.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Just follow the little white arrows that suggest a route around the vast bog.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
  • But these moments are lights winking in a vast and enveloping mist.
    — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The vast majority were killed during the first year of the war.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The black hole in which our previous outrage resides is vast.
    — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Aerial footage shows vast stretches of land with nothing but ruins.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lush grass grew on the ledge, but Dick kept gazing out over the vast valley below.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • The best AIs can process vast amounts of data far more rapidly than any of us.
    — Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The industry is vast and chaotic.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Roman will pair a large field of view with crisp infrared vision to survey deep, vast swaths of sky.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Roman will pair a large field of view with crisp infrared vision to survey deep, vast swaths of sky.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2026
  • Roman will pair a large field of view with crisp infrared vision to survey deep, vast swaths of sky.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
  • Roman will pair a large field of view with crisp infrared vision to survey deep, vast swaths of sky.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026

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