Sample sentences for MOMENTOUS

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Definition

of very great significance

a momentous occasion

a momentous period in our history
One might have assumed that all her thoughts were on the momentous occasion at hand, which was certainly what Prince Leopold believed.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

momentous = of very great significance

Direction itself was made beautiful, momentous.
Eudora Welty -- One Writer's Beginnings
Neither were the secondary actors in these momentous incidents forgotten.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans
What can be more delightful than to find harmony of opinion in those we love, when a great and momentous decision has to be taken?
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson
We should celebrate this momentous anniversary.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
Where she could be placed became a subject of most melancholy and momentous consultation.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park
And as their seventh anniversary approached, they prepared the human universe for a momentous announcement.
Frank Herbert -- Dune
Her body stiffened against his, and he felt a strange emotion within her: a sense of impending momentousness.
Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance

(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)

One's own personal doings look small indeed, when faced with the momentous travails of History, which we can only trust are for the greater good.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
For what was going on across the strip of red sand was too momentous.
Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
Nothing momentous, they're merely doing their job.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
On the eve of such momentous events, my dear Freddie, I think you should wear this amulet.
Orson Scott Card -- Red Prophet
This subtle modulation marked a momentous discovery—the perception of an entirely new attitude on the part of her listener.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2
In July, 1862, Congress passed the second confiscation act and Lincoln made his momentous decision to issue an emancipation proclamation.
James M. McPherson -- What They Fought For - 1861-1865
We wouldn't disrespect this momentous occasion by allowing my ugly cyborg stepsister to attend.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
Then Jaime understood that something momentous was taking place.
Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
A great calm settled over Hare; his blood ceased to race, his mind to riot; in August Naab's momentous word he knew the old man had found himself.
Zane Grey -- The Heritage of the Desert
The decision was being hailed as momentous, even though murders take place every day.
Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie

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