larger-than-life

When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.

Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.

Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.

Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.

We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.

It is the dramatic impulse of childhood endeavouring to bring life into the dulness of the serious hours.