Sample Sentences for
epic
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    Beowulf is the oldest epic poem in the Anglo-Saxon language.
    epic = something that is outstanding -- especially a literary work that is long and heroic
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    Our battles were epic and one-sided.  (source)
    epic = outstanding in size or scope compared to others
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    "Dude, the CGI was so epic," Chase or Chad said.  (source)
    epic = outstanding
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    2112's title track is an epic seven-part song, over twenty minutes in length.†  (source)
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    The Idaho was partial to Tarzan films, and—increasingly—to biblical epics.†  (source)
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    Also, in the space of just over half a year, the Hubermanns had lost a son and gained a replacement of epically dangerous proportions.†  (source)
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    And invariably their epical or prize-speech verbiage jarred on the doctor.†  (source)
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    Sugamo would be torn down, and the epic ordeals of POWs in Japan would fade from the world's memory.†  (source)
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    But the Count hadn't the temperament for revenge; he hadn't the imagination for epics; and he certainly hadn't the fanciful ego to dream of empires restored.†  (source)
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    Epically.†  (source)
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    The simplest epical form is seen emerging out of lyrical literature when the artist prolongs and broods upon himself as the centre of an epical event and this form progresses till the centre of emotional gravity is equidistant from the artist himself and from others.†  (source)
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    Ralph believed that everything he said had to be epic, shocking, and elaborate.†  (source)
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    The rises and falls of two hundred and three civilizations evoke the qualities of epics in a new form.†  (source)
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