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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
- 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
- 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
momentous = of very great significance
(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.)
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