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But there was no doubt as to the tremendousness of the struggle lying before him.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida

He felt as though he had a new conception of life; and he realised its tremendousness as he had never realised it before.

From Tommy by Hocking, Joseph

Nor is the pre-eminent tremendousness of the great Sperm Whale anywhere more feelingly comprehended, than on board of those prows which stem him.

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman

Whatever the thing could have been, my impression is of tremendousness, or of bulk many times that of all meteorites in all museums combined: also of relative slowness, or of long warning of approach.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

Suppose then that one day I should surprise him in some act, stupid and meaningless to myself, but as fraught with tremendousness for him as was that first command, "Let there be Light!"

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]