Biggest
[bɪgɪst]
Definition
(a.) superl. of Big.
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- Their biggest effort, through Germany right into France, thence over the Alps and home again by North Italy, was in 938-9. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But he's the biggest coward of them all, really, because he's afwaid what people will think about him--and Julius doesn't care about that. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The catastrophe was so great that the biggest mine-owners met to see whether some protection against such accidents could not be devised. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Surely facing such an emergency one could not remember one's sins except for the biggest. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Here is the biggest bull of all. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For with more than twenty of them there are enough of the biggest sins to take some time. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There is a nice village at Pallanza and you can row out to the islands where the fishermen live and there is a restaurant on the biggest island. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Well, said he, didn't you think it was the biggest shuck and the littlest ear that ever you did see? Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- White folks is sinners too,--Miss Feely says so; but I spects niggers is the biggest ones; but lor! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Going to another extreme, we find Edison grappling with one of the biggest problems known to the authorities of New York--the disposal of its heavy snows. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This attack was going to be his biggest show so far and Robert Jordan did not like too much what he had heard about the attack. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Editor: Yvonne