monumental
adjective
resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
monumentality
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a word derived from
monumental.
Example Sentences
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The canvas has been in myriad exhibitions of Freud’s works, with critic Martin Gayford writing that the portrait “outdoes Courbet’s ‘Bathers’ and similar performances from the past in sheer monumentality of physical presence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The movie is as it should be, as the sense of scale, monumentality and sheer ambition in “The Brutalist” are largely the point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
This variability prevailed over specialization, particularly in cereal production, and is not explained by aspects such as geographical location, form of occupation or monumentality.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2023
Her handmade, unruly webs, which she attaches to museum walls and ceilings in large-scale ephemeral installations, soar and sag — challenging long-held ideas about monumentality in sculpture.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
To him, only the heroic male nude possessed the physical monumentality necessary to express the awesome power of figures such as this mythical prophetess.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
