Sample sentences for PRODIGIOUS

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Definition

enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

prodigious = enormous

prodigious = enormous

a prodigious storm
There is a prodigious fear of this court in the country—
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

prodigious = enormous

This is a gigantic city, after all, and it produces a prodigious volume of garbage.
Haruki Murakami -- After Dark

prodigious = enormous

prodigiously = far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- I Have a Dream

prodigious = enormous

"Yeah, the circle was prodigious," Erin said.
P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast -- Marked

prodigious = enormous

prodigious = enormous (far beyond what is usual in magnitude)

the prodigious power which had been exerted
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue

prodigious = enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

She was a witch, as Harry knew, with prodigious skill and no conscience.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

prodigious = enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

the easiest and the quickest way to get the makings of the vicarage to the village was to hire a forestry barge at a prodigious thirty dollars a day.
Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name

prodigious = enormous

prodigious = large amount (far beyond what is usual)

In the close quarters of an American nuclear family, their mother's prodigious energy was becoming a real drain on their self-determination.
Julia Alvarez -- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

prodigious = far beyond what is usual

in the middle of a prodigiously tough snore
Charles Dickens -- A Christmas Carol

prodigiously = far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

They were conducted to the platform by Buckstone ... and were delivered to the chairman in the midst of a prodigious explosion of welcome.
Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson

prodigious = enormous; or far beyond the usual amount

to write a work of genius is almost always a feat of prodigious difficulty.
Virginia Woolf -- A Room of One's Own

prodigious = far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

...nothing living on it but game birds ... and the gulls which haunted the outlying rocks in a prodigious number.
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Kidnapped

prodigious = enormous (a very large number)

prodigious = fabulous (beyond what is usual)

prodigious = enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

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