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Monumental


Definition:

  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription.
  • (a.) Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Nelson Monument and other sites (0131-226 6558), 2 August–2 September.
  • (2) They killed monuments, changed them, reappropriated them.
  • (3) It offers us a new start, and a far more hopeful future.” The first minister, Peter Robinson , described the deal as a “monumental step forward” for Northern Ireland.
  • (4) These are some of the finest Neolithic monuments in the world, and in 1999 they were given World Heritage status by Unesco, an act that led directly to the discovery of the Ness of Brodgar.
  • (5) The National Heritage Memorial Fund found a further £10m and the National Galleries of Scotland £4.6m, with £2m from the Monument Trust and £1m from the Art Fund, while members of the public and private donors gave another £7.4m.
  • (6) As any archaeologist will tell you, trying to understand what was going through the minds of the people who built these prehistoric monuments is a difficult task,” said Dr Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.
  • (7) The club has completely adopted all of KSÍ’s infrastructure improvements and become, in the process, a monument to Iceland’s soccer revolution.
  • (8) But within a few kilometres of these monuments to tyranny stand symbols of renewal – rows of solar panels bringing stable electricity to the homes of local people for the first time – and with them the chance of improving their lives.
  • (9) And yet I sense a crumbling of the monumental Boris facade, the great artificial construct designed to make him prime minister, for reasons I have never understood.
  • (10) (Britain's Monument Valley by UsTwo shows on the screen.)
  • (11) For a team of this ability to play so well and lose 4-1 shows what a monumental effort it was from Chelsea.
  • (12) But if Johnson's monuments suffer from the columnist's love of making a splash, his mayoralty has been more impressive when it comes to things that are barely visible, or about taking stuff away rather than adding it.
  • (13) Algeria deserved a better fate than an exit which inevitably will leave big regrets that they missed out on something monumental or unreal, but the national team left the Brazilian World Cup with sword in hand and head high.” In Germany most of the media were just thankful they had progressed.
  • (14) But Marc Ostwald at Monument Securities took a more sceptical view and said there were plenty of reasons not to chase the gilt "relief rally".
  • (15) The parade passes the 2,248-room Trump Taj Mahal, another monument to the good times.
  • (16) In their zeal to tout their faith in the public square, conservatives in Oklahoma may have unwittingly opened the door to a wide range of religious groups, including Satanists who are seeking to put their own statue next to a Ten Commandments monument outside the statehouse.
  • (17) This is a change of monumental proportions both in the law and in the role of doctors; it is little wonder that it is opposed by the medical profession.
  • (18) Memorial began by erecting a monument in 1990 dedicated to the victims of political repression.
  • (19) Fullerton says there is great potential ahead if society can change its collective mindset: “This is a monumental challenge that holds the promise of uniting our generation in a shared purpose.
  • (20) John Madelin, CEO at RelianceACSN and a former vice president responsible for the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, said: “We thought the previous breach of 500 million user accounts was huge, but 1 billion is monumental.” Tyler Moffitt, senior threat research analyst at Webroot, said: “All of the data stolen, including emails, passwords and security questions, make a potent package for identify theft.

Someone


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
  • (2) "But we develop a picture of someone from their previous engagements with us.
  • (3) I f you haven’t got a family, you need that replaced in some way, that’s the most important thing you can do for someone in care,” says 24-year-old Chloe Juliette, herself a care leaver.
  • (4) Anything not eligible is simply ignored or assumed to be someone else’s responsibility.
  • (5) I believe that truth sets man free.” It was a curious stance for someone who spent many years undercover as a counter-espionage informant, a government propagandist, and unofficial asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • (6) He can open doors anywhere and they would at least have someone else to blame.
  • (7) Much less obvious – except in the fictional domain of the C Thomas Howell film Soul Man – is why someone would want to “pass” in the other direction and voluntarily take on the weight of racial oppression.
  • (8) The ABI figures revealed that the best annuity for someone who is a heavy smoker and has severely impaired health was at Prudential, which paid out 46% more than the worst, from Friends Life.
  • (9) Some people are lucky enough to have someone to look after them,” Leigh broods.
  • (10) Wright said that he was told the other two pages of documents were not provided because of freedom of information subsections concerning privacy, "sources and methods," and that can "put someone's life in danger."
  • (11) There is a heavy, leaden feeling in your chest, rather as when someone you love dearly has died; but no one has – except, perhaps, you.
  • (12) It’s exhilarating – until you see someone throw a firework at a police horse.
  • (13) In families with several cases, secondary cases (children infected in the home) had a relative mortality risk of 3.00 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.55-5.80) compared with index cases who caught infection from someone outside the home.
  • (14) As someone who worked in Washington DC in media activities, I often suspect that different standards in reporting are applied to African governments.
  • (15) There can’t be something, someone that could fix this and chooses not to.” Years of agnosticism and an open attitude to religious beliefs thrust under the bus, acknowledging the shame that comes from sitting down with those the world forgot.
  • (16) Because of the high rates of employment of mothers, a large and increasing number of preschool children receive regular care from someone else.
  • (17) If you and your mother are joint tenants, when she dies you will become the sole owner of the whole property even if her will says that she is leaving her share to someone else.
  • (18) He said: “Henri is someone the club has been watching for a while and he has developed into an excellent player at Bordeaux.
  • (19) Jana Sante, owner of Gisella Boutique, Peckham: "We received a call from someone saying 'the riots are heading your way'.
  • (20) The sense that someone else is running the show – bankers, Europe, multinationals – is no longer the province of the radical left.