On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Colossal. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as prodigious or stupendous and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Colossal meaning
- Extremely large or on a great scale.
- Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
Synonyms of Colossal
Using Colossal
- The main meaning on this page is: Extremely large or on a great scale. | Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
- Useful related words include: prodigious, stupendous, large, big.
- In the example corpus, colossal often appears in combinations such as: the colossal, was colossal, this colossal.
Context around Colossal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Colossal
- In this selection, "colossal" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, now, despite, cave, biosciences and facility stand out and add context to how "colossal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a colossal budget and and and a colossal struggle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "colossal" sits close to words such as agitation, alec and bluff, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with colossal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A colossal budget and the support of a global advertising agency? (11 words)
A chance meeting, an alleged violent sexual assault, and a “colossal struggle”. (12 words)
A deeply-saturated pink flamingo wing, a tooth from the colossal sperm whale, a crimson-rumped toucanet. (17 words)
While Colossal Cave has been referred to as a simulation of Mammoth Cave, Zork has been referred to as a simulation of Colossal Cave. citation By the summer of 1977 the game was runnable, although only about one-half its final 1 MB size. (44 words)
According to the Air Force, currently in the midst of the lengthy and intricate operational implementation process of "Sky Monitor" - the name aptly given to this colossal facility - it is the biggest tracking balloon of its kind in the world. (40 words)
Colossal is accepting humanity's duty to restore Earth to a healthier state, while also solving for the future economies and biological necessities of the human condition through cutting-edge science and technologies. (33 words)
A colossal budget and the support of a global advertising agency? (11 words)
Betfred are rewarding brand new customers with a colossal £40 in free bets when they register an account and stake a tenner on football -- it's really that simple! (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
While Colossal Cave has been referred to as a simulation of Mammoth Cave, Zork has been referred to as a simulation of Colossal Cave. citation By the summer of 1977 the game was runnable, although only about one-half its final 1 MB size.
According to the Air Force, currently in the midst of the lengthy and intricate operational implementation process of "Sky Monitor" - the name aptly given to this colossal facility - it is the biggest tracking balloon of its kind in the world.
A chance meeting, an alleged violent sexual assault, and a “colossal struggle”.
A colossal budget and the support of a global advertising agency?
A deeply-saturated pink flamingo wing, a tooth from the colossal sperm whale, a crimson-rumped toucanet.
After Optimus Prime's demise, the Fallen initiates his assault on Earth, culminating in a colossal battle near the Egyptian pyramids.
An interesting development in Callaghan’s career has been in his colossal growth in popularity for using person on the street journalism as a medium to tell stories.
A small budget surplus against colossal unfactored medium-term liabilities is still a fail, per Auditor General’s reports.
Betfred are rewarding brand new customers with a colossal £40 in free bets when they register an account and stake a tenner on football -- it's really that simple!
Brandon Starcevich went onto him at half time and Hill did not kick another goal, but his contribution was colossal.
But now, Colossal Biosciences, the firm behind the dodo resurrection, is hoping to restore the thylacine, and aims to have a ‘de-extincted thylacine-ish thing’ within a decade.
But they won the team-tournament title, which ended the 2022-23 season on the most colossal high.
C4 Garuda would be the far better option, as Deidara creates a colossal clone of himself made out of explosive clay.
Colossal Biosciences, a start-up founded in 2021 by Harvard geneticist George Church, aims to create elephants with wooly mammoth characteristics.
Colossal is accepting humanity's duty to restore Earth to a healthier state, while also solving for the future economies and biological necessities of the human condition through cutting-edge science and technologies.
Despite colossal advances in equipment, knowledge and technique, retreat from high up would still be a daunting, if dangerous affair.
Despite the ship's colossal size, the group miraculously reunites without much trouble, and our heroes exit in quick order.
Football journalist Andy Mitten said the news was "really sad" and that King was "a colossal figure in non-league football" and a "character".
For Colossal to succeed, it must overcome many hurdles, including crafting the animal’s genetic sequence, successfully fertilizing an egg, and growing it to term. But birth is only the beginning.
Fortunately, the majority of these developments never transition into the colossal wall of fire that we experienced during the High Park, Cameron Peak and Marshall fires.
Common combinations with colossal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the colossal 40×
- was colossal 13×
- this colossal 9×
- colossal titan 8×
- and colossal 7×
- of colossal 6×
- be colossal 6×
- is colossal 6×
- colossal biosciences 5×
- colossal mistake 5×