immensity
vastness; enormous extent: the immensity of the Roman empire.
the state or condition of being immense.
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How to use immensity in a sentence
The 1,252-square-mile southwest Texas expanse was stupefying in its beauty and immensity.
The immensity of choice protected by the law of our land continues to evolve with us.
The True State of Our Independence: What Does America Stand For? | Benjamin Busch | July 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThus wanderingMy thought in this immensity is drowned;And sweet to me is shipwreck on this sea.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi | Giacomo LeopardiEverything relating to human affairs seemed dwarfed in such immensity.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanOur people, separated from yours by the immensity of the seas and vast territories, could not harm your nation.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
Such immensity is of night, and, added to solitude, weighed heavily on Gilliatt's mind.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoOne stands before it awed, stupefied by its immensity, its age, its strange manner of growing.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill Starr
British Dictionary definitions for immensity
/ (ɪˈmɛnsɪtɪ) /
the state or quality of being immense; vastness; enormity
enormous expanse, distance, or volume: the immensity of space
informal a huge amount: an immensity of wealth
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