7 sentences with “insignificant”

For the Romantics, nature was a vast and overwhelming presence, against which the activities of humanity were ultimately insignificant.

Thanks to the legacy of Alexander's conquests, Greek culture went from being relatively insignificant to becoming a major influence throughout the region.

The rivalries that had divided the former "great powers" in the past seemed insignificant compared to the threat of a single overwhelming war initiated by foreign powers that could lead to the end of history.

Caligula made a tactically insignificant invasion of northern Gaul that culminated in a Triumph (military parade, traditionally one of the greatest displays of power and glory by a victorious general) back in Rome.

We are facing the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter has a diameter of 143,200 kilometres, which, compared to the Earth's diameter of 12,756 kilometres, makes Jupiter an enormous planet. Or the Earth insignificant...?

Therefore, according to Augustine of Hippo, all learning was only one facet of material life; useful in its own way, but utterly insignificant in comparison with the need to bare the soul before God and await the second coming of Christ.

The Truman Doctrine was closely linked to the fear of what American politicians called the "Domino Theory": if one nation "fell" to communism, it was feared that communism would spread to surrounding countries. Thus, preventing a communist takeover anywhere, even in a comparatively small and militarily insignificant country, was essential from a US foreign policy perspective throughout the Cold War period.