full enormity

Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words

Used to emphasize the complete and total scale of a negative event or situation.

enormityADJECTIVE + enormity

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full

Examples (10)

  • It took time for the full enormity of the attack to sink in.
  • The survivors are only now beginning to grasp the full enormity of the disaster.
  • As the details emerged, the public realized the full enormity of the political scandal.
  • He couldn't comprehend the full enormity of his mistake until he saw the consequences.
  • The full enormity of the financial crisis became clear when the banks collapsed.
  • Historians are still debating the full enormity of the war's impact on society.
  • It was only during the trial that the jury understood the full enormity of the crime.
  • The rescue team was confronted with the full enormity of the earthquake's devastation.
  • We may never know the full enormity of the environmental damage caused by the oil spill.
  • She struggled to convey the full enormity of the situation to her family back home.