Sentences with phrase «monstrous proportions»
The phrase "monstrous proportions" means that something has grown or become much larger or more excessive than expected, to the point where it seems unnatural or frighteningly huge. Full definition
Occasionally a situation has to reach monstrous proportions before it gets the attention it merits.
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It is quite honestly a tragedy of monstrous proportions for close to half a billion dollars to have gone down the drain especially in an African country where poverty exacerbated by prolonged drought remains a challenge.
Indeed, in the whole country, the malady of corruption was assuming what was at that time described as monstrous proportions with government business being facilitated by the ten percent factor.
Query letters have taken on monstrous proportions for us writers, and fear of not writing a perfect one is too easy an excuse to freeze and not do anything.
«One could understand why Wyeth would avoid a scandal of monstrous proportions like this that may prejudice its case before the Supreme Court.»
However, none have been found to possess worlds of such monstrous proportions as NGTS - 1b.
Its surplus (excess cash) has grown by monstrous proportions in just the last 5 years: 45 percent in 2010, 56 percent in 2011, 61 percent in 2012, 72 percent in 2013, and 67 percent in 2014.
Since leaving the South of Wales to assume one of the toughest jobs in England, Rodgers inherited a squad full of mismatches from disastrous tenures, a wage bill of monstrous proportions, and ultimately relying on young, raw talent.
Since then, the school has spawned and grown to monstrous proportions.
He and other animals are guinea pigs (without actually being guinea pigs), and grow to monstrous proportions.
Director: Brad Peyton Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello Plot: An illegal experiment goes horribly wrong when three vials get out into the wild and mutate a gorilla, a wolf and a crocodile to monstrous proportions.
Grades K - 2 Lesson: Adjective Monster Use the visual art and language arts to creatively tell stories of monstrous proportions
Hamilton has fogged the class politics by enlarging the bottom to monstrous proportions and confronting us instead with a homoerotic invitation that can not be missed.