Enormous

Examples

• For those days this was an enormous sum. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In agriculture the raising of grain has extended in the Nineteenth Century to enormous proportions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It was a wonderful experience to have problems given me out of the intuitions of a great mind, based on enormous experience in practical work, and applying to new lines of progress. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You were enormous in the last bull, she would say to him and he would say, Yes, I killed him very well. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• By degrees it became an enormous injury to me that he stood before the fire. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We had enormous orders and little money, and had great difficulty to meet our payrolls and buy supplies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Even the enormous debt of Great Britain might in this manner soon be paid. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Some conception of the enormous scale upon which grain is raised in the Western States may be gotten from the dimensions of the farms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• An enormous quantity of sodium carbonate, or soda, as it is usually called, is needed in the manufacture of glass, soap, bleaching powders, and other commercial products. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• That is of enormous importance, said Holmes, making a note upon his shirt-cuff. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Not perhaps as an originative people, but as transmitters of knowledge and method their influence upon the world's history has been enormous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As constructed to-day it is an enormous vessel (see Fig. 173), capable of holding 7,000 or more gallons, and yielding 250 barrels of sugar at a strike. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The wear and tear of the railways was, at the same time, enormous. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• We also knew the width, length, and approximate depth of every one of these deposits, which were enormous. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Yet there was the fact, just as indisputable as ever, that public affairs do have an enormous and intimate effect upon our lives. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The water thus discharged passes through a diversion channel in the old bed of the Chagres River, generating, by an enormous electric plant, the power necessary for operating the locks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The varied and complex machining required on armor plate demands tools of enormous size and strength as well as varied purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And half a grain of reality, like the smallest portion of some other scarce natural productions, will flavour an enormous quantity of diluent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He was a man of enormous energy, and he taught at Jerusalem, Antioch, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus, and Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I regret to state that I was not afraid of telling the enormous lie comprehended in the answer No. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Moreover, between each successive formation we have, in the opinion of most geologists, blank periods of enormous length. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The trade in tobacco was enormous, considering the population to be supplied. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Through his extraordinary energy and enterprise the business made enormous strides, and Mr. Rathenau has become one of the most conspicuous industrial figures in his native country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When he reached Paris at five in the morning an enormous crowd welcomed him, and the cries of Vive Blériot! Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• These amounts have been somewhat less in years since then, but the appetite continues, and any deficiency in the supply is made up by enormous importation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The cooking is done in great vats and in enormous electric ovens. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• From them we can gather some hint of the enormous bewildering demand that prostitution answers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The sums spent upon the reception of a new viceroy of Peru, for example, have frequently been enormous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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