How to Use humongous in a Sentence

humongous

adjective
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  • But for me, with all of my roles and more particularly these ones, music has been a humongous preparation tool for me.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Stepping through the doors feels like stepping back in time, in a good way, with old-school service, a delightful lobby bar, and humongous suites, some with skyline views of Rome.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
  • Modern ostracods today are similarly well-endowed and some produce absolutely humongous sperm, ten times the size of the male himself.
    — Tim Laman, National Geographic, 14 Feb. 2016
  • At the dock, given its 30-foot beam, the 60 looks humongous.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 8 July 2022
  • Step right up, folks, and feast your eyes on the most ginormous, the most humongous phone known to man!
    — David Pierce, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2018
  • Many movies just depict the world as a humongous place that’s amazing to live in.
    — William Earl, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The trials were so humongous, all the results must be iron-clad.
    — Hilda Bastian, Wired, 8 Dec. 2020
  • There’s a humongous plot of land that used to be a hospital that’s been closed for about 30 years now.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • The Nanny’ be a humongous Broadway hit there and then do the series again with a whole new cast.
    — Susan Hornik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Italy’s humongous debt is one thing investors don’t have to worry about – at least in the short term.
    — Alessandro Speciale, Bloomberg.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Put the regular-size key in the model, and a humongous key falls from the heavens in the real world.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2021
  • This isn't the first time someone has tried to bring these humongous snails through an airport.
    — Chron, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Thanks to three hearts on the board, a whopping 11 cards (two Aces and a whole bunch of hearts) will give Kovalyuk a humongous win.
    — Charles Curtis, For The Win, 30 Mar. 2018
  • But the star is still hanging on to his humongous mansion in his hometown—at least, for now.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 12 May 2023
  • The 2000s—which is all the rage in fashion right now—were a time of excess, and the decade’s humongous crossbody styles were a prime example.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2022
  • On Khaled Khaled, though, the beats write humongous checks the vocals aren’t always cashing.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2021
  • This humongous sale includes oodles of booths with antiques and one-of-a-kind items.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 May 2018
  • Until now, the step up from the dual-motor all-wheel-drive Taycan 4S to the Turbo has been a humongous one.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The same goes for the dinosaurs and the other humongous throwbacks—creepy enough, in their skeletal fashion, but no match for Kong.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • The concept of panspermia was kicked off, in part, by the humongous eruption of a volcano on the island of Krakatoa in 1883, says Dr. Melosh.
    — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Our practice hall was on the boarder by the levee and that’s why the name Puddle of Mudd came up because there was a humongous flood and stuff.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Even though there was no public access at the Butler Yard stop, reporters were able to get an up-close view of the humongous train.
    — Alexa Buechler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2019
  • The ships are organized by size, from the humongous aircraft carriers at the top to the smaller ships at the bottom.
    — Jordan Valinsky, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The ships are organized by size, from the humongous aircraft carriers at the top to the smaller ships at the bottom.
    — Jordan Valinsky, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Maurice is known for its humongous cakes, big enough for 30 or more servings.
    — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Standing 5 feet to nearly 15 feet tall, each has been cut from one or more humongous chunks of black walnut.
    — David Pagel, latimes.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The other is transplanted to TV, as if grown under glass, and, humongous though our screen may be, much of the fragrance is gone.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2020
  • At that time, the spot was not only much bigger, but also much more oblong, like a humongous oval.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
  • There are humongous differences in our lives, but a DNA of brilliance and tragedy that connects us.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Because it’s not just one life, but the trickle effect that goes out from something like that, which is humongous.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 10 June 2020

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