6 sentences with 'colossal'
Example sentences and phrases with the word colossal and other words derived from it.
• « In contrast to regular battles, where most of the soldiers lost could be considered captured by the enemy or wounded but not killed, at least 400,000 men lost their lives in the Russian campaign. After this colossal defeat, the anti-French coalition of Austria, Prussia, Britain and Russia was reformed. »
• « Did the Norwegian Nobel Institute make a colossal mistake... again? And in this 90th anniversary year of the Nobel Prizes, the most pressing question has to be: will the institute make another crass mistake in October, when the winner of the 1991 prize will be announced? »
• « These market studies guarantee that the colossal investment of this project - several times million dollars - will be amortised in a short time. »
• « The electrical generators will require colossal engineering and logistical work, given the particular conditions on the Moon and the technical difficulties to be overcome, but once the first one is up and running, the electricity generated by it will facilitate development. Gradually, the Moon's surface will begin to light up. »
• « Martian winds apparently carry huge amounts of dust to the polar areas, leaving it there, stratified, forming colossal dunes. »
• « The blacksmiths of India worked iron to such perfection that a colossal column in New Delhi, dated to the 9th century AD, is so chemically pure that it will not rust. »