How To Use Momentous In A Sentence

I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.
This day will be momentous in the history of all time. Times, Sunday Times
The feeling was that the picture conveyed a joyful and momentous moment in their lives in a way that was arresting and memorable. Times, Sunday Times
In a way, it was a more momentous event than actually hearingthe novel hadbeen accepted, becauseit was concrete, fixed in paper. 2009 February « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows
But the lives of our saints, independently altogether of the momentous change in human affairs and prospects which they ushered in, have a substantial hold on history, of which neither the classical nor the northern hierology can boast. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author

The Seven Years War brought momentous British successes in the colonies and in Europe.
He is momentously disorganized, and is thus kept somewhat together -- and wearing pants -- thanks to the dutiful efforts of his friends and wife. MIND MELD: The Future of Star Wars
It has the grandeur of a true epic, a thrilling, if flawed hero, momentous political struggles, bravery, love and death.
Americans sense their nation is on the threshold of momentous change. The Sun
It was a momentous week for deals in the world of big pharma. Times, Sunday Times
Your vote has been counted and is reflected above., the 44th President of the United States of America, but the first black man, has already made the first momentous decision of his presidency, by ordering 16trillion liters of black paint to 'redecorate' the White House TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page
‘‘Twill be momentous, I trow, whichsoe'er way ‘tis resolved.‘
They are aware that something momentous is about to happen. Times, Sunday Times
In the absence of accurate accounting, political debate over some of the most momentous issues of the age is proceeding in an empirical vacuum, and has become much more confused and desultory than it needs to be.
The year 1956 was momentous for British backstroke swimming. Times, Sunday Times
We have had momentous days before and survived them all. Times, Sunday Times
Putting your one-year-old in a nursery or leaving them with a childminder may turn out to be a more momentous decision than you thought.
Sometime before the Wright brothers' momentous flights of December 17, 1903, Quick began construction of a heavier-than-air flying machine of unknown configuration.
To do a clear investigation of the microscopic process of the particles interact with bubbles, is the momentous foundation of flotation equipment design and flow-sheet design.
But how was such a momentous discovery made? The Times Literary Supplement
None of these changes was momentous. The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy
We bless and we curse effetely all the livelong day, vaguely cognizant of some long lost momentousness, too jejune in our materialism to believe in anything. WORLDMag.com
Carefully coded, to deceive hoards of information hungry pressmen waiting in Kathmandu, the two were charged with delivering the momentous breakthrough.
It was without doubt a momentous occasion and one of the most significant developments in Laois.
It was one of those momentous events that cause a sea change in public attitudes.
The sense that you are a part of an unparalleled history can play momentous tricks. Times, Sunday Times
On Paul's death in 1978, Ratzinger attended the two conclaves of that momentous year, and helped elect the unknown Pole, Karol Wojtyla.
An historic and nostalgic week of commemorations is under way to remember the momentous events in Normandy 60 years ago.
It is impossible to overstate the momentousness of such events, and yet they have fallen into a shadowy disregard, eclipsed by recent history.
Unless one has an unbreakable steel - like spirit, one cannot accomplish momentous undertakings.
More momentously, geometric proofs are guided by our deep ability to see points, lines, shapes and their symmetries, similarities and congruences.
This is a momentous opportunity that Indonesia must seize.
The anniversary of a momentous battle fought only a few miles from York has been marked in period style.
Shopkeeper none of waiter in the Inn dares to tamper in additional people's commerce, the orison hurries solution problem and hammer to convey these 2 sons to hike a human momentous!
Meanwhile, most young people in the West are expected to leave what could be life's most momentous decision—marriage—almost entirely up to luck.
Said differently, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, that album that so momentously marked my arrival to the world! Michael Gilmour: Bob Dylan And My Workingman's Blues: Confessions Of A Religion And Literature Professor
It was designed as a golden souvenir of a momentous day. Times, Sunday Times
The sense that you are a part of an unparalleled history can play momentous tricks. Times, Sunday Times
Set against this momentous backdrop, the book offers intriguing snapshots of where numerous significant people were and what they were doing. Times, Sunday Times
The relationship of his art to his country's dark and momentous history is perhaps the most powerful force that shapes this retrospective. Times, Sunday Times
Whether or not to move overseas was a momentous decision for the family.
We have had momentous days before and survived them all. Times, Sunday Times
Many other people must adjust to these momentous changes. Cultural Anthropology
Through study and hindsight, he was able to bring his own perspective to bear on how these momentous events unfolded and changed the world in so many ways.
The early transits were actually momentous occasions in the world of astronomy.
Because this moment at the threshold of a group is so momentous for a child, it is also, as one researcher put is, "highly diagnostic... quickly revealing differences in social skillfulness .
This day will be momentous in the history of all time. Times, Sunday Times
Another source of spurious profundity is DeLillo's constant allusions to momentous feelings and portents — allusions that are either left hanging in the air or are conveniently cut short by a narrative pretext. A Reader's Manifesto
It neither comprehends nor anticipates the momentous consequences of its actions.
Americans sense their nation is on the threshold of momentous change. The Sun
One of the reasons his career feels so weighty is because of the momentous history it spans. Times, Sunday Times
They are aware that something momentous is about to happen. Times, Sunday Times
An eventful, no, a momentous morning and a working lunch-time gone. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
The young woman, a child clinging to each hand, urged those in the momentous queue lining the River Thames to pay her respects to the late Queen Mother on her behalf.
He is right to say that this is the most momentous election of our lifetimes.
Does an event of this magnitude necessarily have momentous causes stretching far back in French history?
He had impressed in training and his combination of power, pace and footwork offered the hope of a momentous debut. Times, Sunday Times
None of these changes was momentous. The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy
It's one of those momentous days alongside changing the offside law. The Sun
Many other people must adjust to these momentous changes. Cultural Anthropology
Informative, revealing, funny, they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year.
But December 21 , 2012 , ( give or take a day ) was nonetheless momentous to the Maya.
The unbroken bottle was the first hitch in what had been a momentous day for the Duchess. Times, Sunday Times
Laurence Meyer was appointed to the Federal Reserve Board by President Clinton in 1996, and his term coincided with some of the most momentous economic events of the second half of the 20th century: the collapse of the Asian banking system, the implosion of the Russian economy and the birth and death of the new economy, the collapse of long-term capital management, the bursting American stock bubble, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. WN.com - Financial News
The changes in lifestyles will be momentous which explains the use of the term 'tipping point'. The Guardian World News
We have had momentous days before and survived them all. Times, Sunday Times
‘Yes,’ said the delicate boy, fingers touching his lips as the momentousness of his confession struck home.
At first the momentous events unfolding in Rome seemed barely relevant.
The two may seem quite unconnected, but each was momentous in its own way. Times, Sunday Times
It owes its fame to the conjunction of an exceptionally hot summer and a momentous historical event, which temporarily ended the movement for social reform.
Still my family are so overcome by this momentous event they have arranged a big party for me when I go home tomorrow night.
Additionally, I will have an analysis of the Supreme Court's obviously momentous decision in Citizens United -- invaliding restrictions on corporate and union election spending -- posted later. Signs of the Times
Come Around Sundown," the band's fifth album, is thick with growly, momentous rock songs that arrive in an era dominated by magnificent pop stars (Lady Gaga), magniloquent rap stars (Lil Wayne) and mash-ups of the two (Kanye West). Kings of Leon bemoan their rock stardom on latest album, 'Come Around Sundown'
I would not like to assert positively that all the Peers present fully grasped the momentous fact that a duplicand was Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920
Momentous events are taking place in the US.
Henry VIII's pursuit of marriage dissolutions ended with rather more permanent and momentous arrangements than such modern-day quests: England rejected Rome, and wives literally lost their heads.
None of these changes was momentous. The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy
We should not forget the momentous changes occurring in Tunisia and Egypt. Times, Sunday Times
Another reason history flourishes in golf is that the major championships return to familiar venues, reviving golden memories of momentous victories and, yes, unforgettable blunders. 10 who made game greater
The book goes into little detail on what seems quite a momentous change. Times, Sunday Times
But there was a momentous change of attitude in that sentence. Times, Sunday Times
He must now seriously consider if September 13, the date he pledged to unilaterally declare independence, really is worth heralding as the momentous deadline.
Campari is turning 150, and they celebrated the momentous birthday Sunday night at the Bowery Hotel in a an artistic celebration replete with James Franco singing, pastie-filled performances, and of course specialty cocktails prepared by notable bartenders, all benefiting the United States Bartending Guild. Campari's 150th Birthday Party: Pastie-Filled Performances & James Franco Sings (PHOTOS)
The writer apprehends that the abstract right of insurrection on the one hand, and of self-conservation on the other, quite overbears, in so vast and momentous a debate, the narrow, technical, legal question: that which it does not overbear is the rightness or wrongness of the immediate motive, conduct, and aim of any particular insurrection and repression, considered individually. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866
As with the JFK assassination, people fallaciously assume that such a momentous event must have involved an elite team of professionals tied to some mysterious organization with possible international connections. The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements
Whether the movement he notes is a ‘momentous step’, or a sideways shuffle, is a matter of interpretation.
Christ Jesus, who broaches false doctrines and propagates them to the corrupting of the faith in weighty and momentous points, and breaks the peace of the church about them, after due means used to reclaim him, must be rejected. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Sometimes Bud stops to get gas, and this always feels like a momentous occasion.
The year 1956 was momentous for British backstroke swimming. Times, Sunday Times
His colleagues all recognized that this was a momentous occasion .
This is a momentous event for our fledgling democracy after so many years of non-representative rule.
regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous
At Tate Modern, the result was a momentously confusing opening hang, where nothing had a place in the greater scheme of things because there was no greater scheme of things.
This day will be momentous in the history of all time. Times, Sunday Times
Many a small device company has been created because of a momentous idea that may seem too risky for a large or established firm to gamble on.
And CNN's Richard Quest is live in front of Buckingham Palace, which is as close as they'll let him get to that building, with more on this momentous announcement that's got them all a-twitter over there in the British Isles. CNN Transcript Feb 10, 2005
The deciding shootout leg was summed up in commentary at the time as the'most momentous in darts history '. The Sun
To explore the history of our streets is to chart momentous social change and the ebb and flow between enormous wealth and terrible poverty. Times, Sunday Times
To make the party more momentous, you can make a surprise baby shower for the guest of honor.
According to this model, conversion is seen as a momentous transformation of life from a depraved past to a sacred present and a promised future.
Within a day of arriving we felt so relaxed that the most momentous decision we faced was deciding where to eat.
I am deeply honoured to be invited to this momentous occasion.
The book goes into little detail on what seems quite a momentous change. Times, Sunday Times
Although potentially momentous, this discovery received relatively little attention. Times, Sunday Times
We do know that history plays were often regarded by contemporaries as capable of inspiring playgoers to imitate the momentous action taking place on stage.
Momentous events are taking place in the US.
It is preposterous to expect that the same superstition regarding skin ascendency, which is now so markedly played out in our Colonies in temporal matters, could have any weight whatsoever in matters so momentous as morals and religion. West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas
The sense that you are a part of an unparalleled history can play momentous tricks. Times, Sunday Times
I understood the momentousness of the sentiment - I want you to audition for that role, he was telling me; it was, more than anything, a declaration of love - yet it made me nervous.
To solve the growing problems, the thrusting entrepreneurs who run the strategic rail authority, a wholly appointed quango, had a momentous idea.
The overall tone of noble criticism remained moderate, yet political consciousness had taken a momentous leap since Nicholas's death.
This momentous step means that one of Europe's leading economies will be nuclear-free by the time The Ecologist's 60th birthday arrives.
Generally I am extremely acquisitive myself, and therefore more than willing to add to the momentous piles of stuff in the world, especially when it means my own stuff pile is going to get bigger - but this year… ach, I dunno, who needs stuff?
The two may seem quite unconnected, but each was momentous in its own way. Times, Sunday Times
The feeling was that the picture conveyed a joyful and momentous moment in their lives in a way that was arresting and memorable. Times, Sunday Times
The relationship of his art to his country's dark and momentous history is perhaps the most powerful force that shapes this retrospective. Times, Sunday Times
But behind them, and I should say in unpleasant proximity (for the peasantry do not carry handkerchiefs scented with White Rose or Jockey Club, -- only the odor of the peat and the bogwood), surged a vast crowd of men and women, on whose lips and in whose hearts was a prayer for her who was entering on the momentous change in her sweet and tranquil life. My New Curate
The past few years have witnessed momentous changes throughout Eastern Europe.
Decisions of momentous import are made in board rooms and bankers' offices.
In dealing with the voguish, momentary popularity of moments in this space recently senior moments, Zen moments, Maalox moments, I neglected the essence of the word expressed in the adjective momentous: “of great weight; of major significance.” No Uncertain Terms
Because Cassius is yoked to him both in love and their deadly and momentous endeavour, he is a tragic hero too, powerless against the unbending resolve of Brutus to do what philosophy, not opportunity, dictates.
The church made its first momentous step toward diversity when the elders of the church in Jerusalem opened the Christian movement to gentiles.
Committing troops to battle is the most momentous decision any Prime Minister can make.
The relationship of his art to his country's dark and momentous history is perhaps the most powerful force that shapes this retrospective. Times, Sunday Times
They may be (1) _living_ or _dead_; (2) _forced_ or _avoidable_; (3) _momentous_ or _trivial_; and for our purposes we may call an option a _genuine_ option when it is of the forced, living, and momentous kind. The Making of Arguments
I am only too aware of my own limitations in making so momentous a decision.
It was a momentous day for me. The Sun
It is a trifling matter on a weekend when there will be a momentous meeting of the Old Firm. Times, Sunday Times
And this Moroccan question, how feverish is the feeling in that momentous conclave. Canada and Imperial Defence
He didn't seem to care what he published - the act of publication was no longer invested for him with any momentousness.
But there was a momentous change of attitude in that sentence. Times, Sunday Times
We are without a doubt in the midst of an extraordinary sea change," she told me. "The transformation is momentous—immensely liberating and immensely scary.
They were happiest dashing off into the unknown—their diaries are filled with accounts of momentous discoveries made after enduring punishing hardships: getting lost, eating raw vulture flesh, trekking through rain forests shoeless and clothesless, being sucked into whirlpools for hours on end, fending off rabid buffalo attacks, falling with their horses into hippopotamus wallows, having all their hair eaten by rats while sleeping and negotiating with armed, xenophobic natives ready to stone foreigners for trespassing on their sacred farmland. The Fruit Hunters
One of the reasons his career feels so weighty is because of the momentous history it spans. Times, Sunday Times
We should not forget the momentous changes occurring in Tunisia and Egypt. Times, Sunday Times
It's one of those momentous days alongside changing the offside law. The Sun
The judge acknowledged he was making a momentous decision, and few would have wished to take his place.
The crazy drunkenness that had already ensued and carried into the night ended what would be a momentous week for many.
It was designed as a golden souvenir of a momentous day. Times, Sunday Times
Suddenly, putting out the ‘party vibe,’ for arenas of fans became momentously difficult.
[T] he film's perceptiveness is frequently bracing, capturing the way starry-eyed proclamations and promises can foreshadow uglier truths, and - as in a sterling underplayed scene - the means by which simple gestures such as asking a girlfriend to call your relatives on your behalf can signal a momentous shift in trust and togetherness. GreenCine Daily: Flannel Pajamas.
Observers said it was the most momentous political development since the end of apartheid in South Africa.
After the momentous events of 1953 the men from the expedition shared a rare friendship.
Americans sense their nation is on the threshold of momentous change. The Sun
A golden spike was hammered into the ground to symbolize the momentous occasion.
This title celebrates another momentous decade in the career of soccer's greatest player, Roy Race, as he competes to win the GBP 30,000 Goal Rush Challenge, teaches how to play American Football, tackles the problem of hooliganism head on and struggles to control Melchester's latest signing - the fiery, arrogant but highly talented Paco Diaz. Archive 2009-04-01
If both these processes of diversification and contraction take place simultaneously, then there may be, at the level of the organization as a whole, a structural shift of momentous dimensions.
For the dedicated runner, a more perfect start to this momentous week could not be imagined.
With deep sorrow for those who suffered and died, I must say that his momentous decision, which hastened the end of that awful war, was justified.
It was designed as a golden souvenir of a momentous day. Times, Sunday Times
As Christians celebrate this momentous day, dipping into one's pocket to fork out that last ngwee and give to the needy is just as important.
They gave me a crystal wine glass to celebrate the momentous occasion.
It was a momentous day for me. The Sun
What if that isn't the case and the stoop is his big, happy, momentous break? Richard Laermer: Gerry Rafferty and the Inanity of Fame
More momentously, LTCM made the mistake of going long on Russian bonds right before Russia defaulted. A Hazard of Fortunes
The guys were strangely subdued, given the momentousness of the occasion.
The deciding shootout leg was summed up in commentary at the time as the'most momentous in darts history '. The Sun
The case is notable not for the momentousness of the underlying legal question but for its amusing caption.
It was described by visitors as a memorable event to celebrate a momentous occasion.
To explore the history of our streets is to chart momentous social change and the ebb and flow between enormous wealth and terrible poverty. Times, Sunday Times
Dostoyevsky was among the few who grasped the momentousness of the change that Machiavelli initiated in the West's conception of diablerie. Barack Obama, Shaman
But there was a momentous change of attitude in that sentence. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, the proliferation of aggressive non-bank credit creation has provided momentous fuel for this historic boom.
They made the rounds at the meetings of the financial organizations, presenting their data as a momentously cautionary tale.
Speaking in Washington on the eve of an EU-US summit, Mr Prodi said the decision was momentous and irreversible.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, have all your neighbors get together for a good old fashioned barbeque.
The story itself tells how lawyers from a big corporation try to muscle in on the momentous invention of an obscure homunculus, Charles Lang, whereby engines could run on plain tap water.
If the group's words are borne out by verified actions, it will be a momentous and historic development.
Each season of the series is 24 hours in the officer's life - one momentously bad day on the job.
The feeling was that the picture conveyed a joyful and momentous moment in their lives in a way that was arresting and memorable. Times, Sunday Times
If civilisation lay in ruins, then there was a momentous opportunity to sweep away this heap of broken images and start afresh.
For the winning of the senatorship was the insignificant part of what he had undertaken; his momentous charge was to maintain a grand moral crusade, to stimulate and to vindicate a great uprising in the cause of humanity and of justice. Abraham Lincoln
Because, as part of a remarkable public relations campaign, the White House released a three-page "ticktock," a newspaper term of art for a minute-by-minute reconstruction of how momentous events unfolded. NYT > Home Page
Set against this momentous backdrop, the book offers intriguing snapshots of where numerous significant people were and what they were doing. Times, Sunday Times
An eventful, no, a momentous morning and a working lunch-time gone. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
By the vigor of its voice his Diary awakens us to the value of daily experience, taken as it comes, trivial or momentous, troubling or enjoyable, all together.
The legend tells of the herald Pheidippides delivering his momentous message of victory over the Persian army and then collapsing and dying.
No review could do complete justice to the magnificent two-volume biography that has been so well-wrought by Michael Burlingame, but one way of paying tribute to it is to say that it introduces the elusive idea of destiny from the very start, and one means of illustrating this is to show how the earlier chapters continually prefigure, or body forth, the more momentous events that are to be dealt with in the later ones. Lincoln’s Emancipation
The deciding shootout leg was summed up in commentary at the time as the'most momentous in darts history '. The Sun
He was himself passing his life in the years following those momentous events, during the expansionist phase of the EU superstate. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
The combination of unfettered finance and activist monetary management has been a recipe for momentous inflation.
Parents need support, politically and humanly, to carry out this momentous and critical task, but giving infants and children what they need in their early years will, in the long term, benefit us all.
I was simply overwhelmed by sensation: one simply stood, receiving momentously bad news second by second with no possible escape or remedy.
Many other people must adjust to these momentous changes. Cultural Anthropology
People do not make momentous decisions like these by trying to predict how much pleasure each choice might bring them.
Yet one could also argue that much of the transformation that did occur under Rumsfeld was the result of the debilitating war in Iraq, which forced the Pentagon, and the Army in particular, to change momentously, in ways that no defense secretary could have managed on his own. What Rumsfeld Got Right
It's one of those momentous days alongside changing the offside law. The Sun
It is a momentously large yet profoundly intimate subject, ideally suited to a writer whose best work has always combined historical breadth with psychological depth. Salman Rushdie: a literary giant still beset by bigots | profile
The effects of such a response could be experienced as momentous and far reaching.
It may be no stretch to say that the win could go down as a momentous one in the annals of United's history.
It was just after I sat my finals at art college in 1962 that a series of momentous events occurred.
a momentous event
Jessica Watson admits to sailing 'grumps' Jessica Watson felt "grumpy" at times before her round the world voyage, fearing she hadn't built up enough experience for such a momentous challenge. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
He was himself passing his life in the years following those momentous events, during the expansionist phase of the EU superstate. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
The great gestures, the large-scale maps, the grand manner are for history and epic, but genre for the novel -- and what _genre_ is so momentous to it as the human? Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America
Next month will see the launch of a game which lets users re-write history and win the battle of Hastings or other such momentous scraps.
Unionists would praise the prescience of the men of 1707, Jacobites and nationalists would execrate them, but in itself such a union was probably no more momentous than its architects were moral.
Best estimates suggest that this momentous event occurred early in the first half of our titanic struggle with the mighty Faroe Islands.
This would be my mother's first grandchild - a momentous event in any family.
But this is a momentous, perhaps epochal, political shift.

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