(a.) Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task.
(a.) Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs.
Example Sentences:
(1) That one of the country’s top legal minds has been drawn in to defend Sir Philip’s actions shows how Herculean that task is.
(2) O’Leary said he expects “a Herculean growth” in traffic during the quieter winter, with slightly lower fares and high forward bookings leading the airline to predict 20% more passengers.
(3) So is Moretti suggesting a kind of "macro-criticism", which can know the whole of literature without undertaking the Herculean task of reading it all?
(4) On Sunday, after he officially becomes president, Macron is expected to first announce his prime minister and then address the Herculean task of turning his rebranded 13-month-old movement into a fully functioning political party capable of winning an absolute majority.
(5) The task is herculean, the mission quasi-impossible, but the challenge absolutely irresistible for any ambitious architect.
(6) Although warnings about the delegations and agenda for the Geneva talks may yet be overcome, the disputes underline the Herculean diplomatic task of trying to align so many interests, factions and regional powers.
(7) Despite significant additional funding and a huge effort to contain deficits, it is clear that this is going to be a herculean challenge.’ Health minister David Prior said: “As the King’s Fund makes clear, this government is investing significant additional funding in the NHS, an extra £10bn a year by 2020, which is only possible thanks to our strong economy.
(8) No more talk of herculean efforts to win gold, no more hammering of iron rings of fire, no more warm fuzzy feelings towards our national broadcaster.
(9) She added that the single most "herculean task of our times", at a time of increasing competition from Asia and India, was to defend German values.
(10) Carney said the statement on Monday from eurozone leaders was an attempt to facilitate such a recovery but that it “requires Herculean efforts from all sides, not just the Greeks in terms of structural reform”.
(11) To be sure, the task is Herculean, and high expectations will make it all the more politically perilous.
(12) 3.31am BST A witness to the herculean This is Pauline.
(13) So, when John Fowler and Benjamin Baker revealed the final design of their herculean railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the 1880s, it proved to be a celebration of the most daring structural engineering then possible.
(14) And no matter how hard they try – after Herculean efforts over six years – a force is bearing down on them which they cannot control,” said the former chief executive of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham council.
(15) Of course, given that Labour had moved to the right of Ted Heath's last government, being to the left of it didn't represent that Herculean an achievement, but still.
(16) This project required a Herculean effort on the part of many partners since its launch in December 2013, with 81 airplanes and 286 crew members flying roughly 463,000 kilometres to complete the survey,” said Vulcan wildlife conservation director James Deutsch.
(17) This was the first labour of QPR's Herculean 10-task run-in, with clashes against the top four among those looming after the duel with Kenny Dalglish's team.
(18) Balls’s total is achieved only through Herculean payments on super-expensive properties and is near impossible with cash-poor relief.
(19) This has been nothing short of a Herculean effort, undertaken with the sole objective of carrying out ODOC’s duty under Oklahoma law to conduct appellants’ executions,” Branham wrote in a brief to the Oklahoma court of criminal appeals filed Monday.
(20) The award is a testament to the rigorous process of reporting a story of such significance, as well as the herculean effort by the entire Guardian US team.
Hercules
Definition:
(n.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
(n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
Example Sentences:
(1) His father, Denis, flew out to help the search and an RAF Hercules was diverted to the area.
(2) A news blackout was imposed until he appeared alongside Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace at midday local time after flying in from Abu Dhabi on an RAF C130 Hercules aircraft.
(3) I can confirm that last night I authorised two Hercules to participate in the big aid drop on Amerli, a town that has been under siege for nearly two months.
(4) Not far away lies Cape Tenaro, where Hercules is said to have descended into the underworld and tamed Cerberus, the three-headed dog.
(5) He starred opposite Peter Ustinov's Hercule Poirot in three television films, as Hastings, the Belgian detective's baffled foil.
(6) The Hercules coach, Esteban Vigo, has admitted he is keen to sign the 25-year-old Samaras as he prepares for his first season in La Liga, and Lennon and chief executive Peter Lawwell now have a decision to make.
(7) Contrast injection was assisted with a Hercules pump (Cordis) in all cases.
(8) Solid and traditional, all acres of dark wood and stained glass, it prides itself on its list of around 18 mainly bottled Irish beers from such breweries as Kinsale, Hilden, Station Works, Farmageddon, Clever Man (look out for its Ejector Seat turf-smoked stout) and Hercules.
(9) She was placed in an isolation unit at Glasgow’s Gartnavel hospital after becoming feverish, before being transferred by an RAF Hercules plane to London.
(10) He had signed only after the Catalan club's pursuit of Fàbregas failed and his debut ended with a shock 2-0 home defeat by Hercules, in which Mascherano – slow on and off the ball – gave away the free-kick that led to one of the goals and was fortunate to escape a red card.
(11) In Libya you will find teargas made in Britain and, according to Paul Rogers, of the department of peace studies at Bradford University (writing for the openDemocracy site), Mirage F-1 planes, recently upgraded by the French, who are foremost in calling for a no-fly zone, and C-130H Hercules transport planes from the US , where intervention has a growing number of advocates.
(12) The court has therefore implicitly determined that Hercules and Leo are ‘persons’.” After the amendment to the order, NhRP adjusted its stance, noting “these cases are novel and this is the first time that an order to show cause has issued.
(13) The Celtic manager, Neil Lennon , has admitted that the Spanish club Hercules have made a move to sign Georgios Samaras.
(14) Recipe supplied by Olia Hercules, oliahercules.com Germknodel with custard These Austrian sweet dumplings are also lovely served with fruit compote.
(15) One banner said: "'Teesside the infant Hercules': PM William Gladstone 1860.
(16) Recipe supplied by Olia Hercules; oliahercules.com Lemon and tangerine curd Tart and not too sweet, this citrus curd is like spoonfuls of sunshine shipped in from a place where your car easily starts in the morning and the tiny hairs in your nose don't freeze the moment you walk outside.
(17) You feel, at any moment, as if Hercule himself might pop out of The Feathers following a gin fizz.
(18) #Hercules January 3, 2014 2.45pm GMT If you're flying out of JFK this morning, it looks like you're not flying out of JFK this morning: Breaking News Storm (@breakingstorm) JFK Airport reopening pushed to 10 am due to snow conditions - @NBCNews January 3, 2014 2.40pm GMT Some people see a layer of snow.
(19) Teams USA Tim Howard; Steve Cherundolo, Jay DeMerit, Jonathan Bornstein, Carlos Bocanegra; Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu, Clint Dempsey; Jozy Altidore, Hercules Gomez.
(20) Lucy (25 July) Facebook Twitter Pinterest My anticipation of Lucy is much the same as Hercules.