Example sentences for: behemoth

How can you use “behemoth” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The former secretary of state has just released Years of Renewal , a 1,079-page behemoth about his service to President Ford.

  • The Department of Defense The Department of Defense is the behemoth among federal agencies.

  • The FTC seems inclined to steer a middle course: Permit the merger, on condition that Office Behemoth sell off 63 superstores to the remaining competitor, Office Max.

  • Starbucks was a low-key purveyor of fine coffee for years until Howard Schultz--a New Yorker who would be welcomed in California--took over and turned it into a corporate behemoth, opening stores across the world.

  • Critics bemoan the absence of songs in this latest film depiction of the romance between British widow Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut of Siam, familiar to most viewers through the musical The King and I . Critics contend that leads Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat have weak chemistry and that the film is "a luxuriant, lumbering behemoth … pleasant, occasionally amusing--and often dull" (Andy Seiler, USA Today ). Roger Ebert gives a surprisingly harsh review: "It is an exotic escapist entertainment for matinee ladies, who can fantasize about sex with that intriguing bald monster and indulge their harem fantasies" (the Chicago Sun-Times ). Jay Carr of the Boston Globe dissents from the pack, calling the film "a lot more than The King and I minus Rodgers's and Hammerstein's music.


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