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[ US /kəˈɫɑsəs/ ]
[ UK /kəlˈɒsəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  2. a person of exceptional importance and reputation

How To Use colossus In A Sentence

  • _The Apollo of Rhodes_, usually called the colossus, was a gigantic bronze statue, 150 feet high, made by Charês, a pupil of Lysippus, and set up B.C. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
  • He alternated, with infinite relish, between the extreme phases of his art, -- a delicate Peri and a majestic Colossus, an extensive array of basso rilievo figures, a sublime ideal of manhood and an exquisite image of infancy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858
  • He was a colossus among lawyers and a giant among men.
  • What most people don't know is that after World War I, and particularly in Austria where the Hapsburg empire had bestrode Europe like a colossus, things were very, very tough.
  • Glad you liked the Old version of Colossus whait till you see th enew version. THIS JUST IN!!!!
  • She stood squarely, a righteous colossus, legs braced apart and ruddy countenance aflame with determination. A TROUT IN THE MILK
  • It now strides the globe as a banking colossus; albeit one with three legs.
  • The ostensible goal of this little group was to combat the great colossus of Americana - Mickey Mouse.
  • Each film has some impressive effects, but in my view The Colossus attains far richer and more consistent value.
  • I realized I could bear just about any kind of awkwardness, embarrassment or disappointment, but I never, ever wanted to feel sorry for the man who once bestrode my world like a colossus in a white catsuit trimmed with silver studs. Allison Pearson's 'I Think I Love You': A celebrity crush turns star-crossed
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