Example sentences for: colossus

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

  • The creation of what the WSJ rather slobberingly calls a "telecommunications colossus for the 21st century" may be tripped up by regulators, say all the papers.

  • And no Hollywood animated feature would end with such a powerful vision of apocalypse, as the land is bestridden by a colossus dropping a thick, caustic, tarlike gel that recalls the post-Hiroshima "black rain."

  • The name Colosseum , now usually taken to refer to its size, originally referred to the fact that the amphitheater was built adjacent to a huge statue (a colossus ) of the sun god that had been commissioned by Nero, allegedly in his own likeness.

  • On Messedamm southeast of the stadium, stands another colossus, the famous ICC (International Congress Center).

  • But a little elaboration is required--after all, Chrysler is now joined at the balance sheet with longtime German auto colossus Daimler.


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