How to Use behemoth in a Sentence

behemoth

noun
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  • Trump is pursuing worthy goals here, but bringing the federal behemoth under control is extremely difficult, and there’s no clever trick for doing it.
    — The Editors, National Review, 1 Feb. 2025
  • As the Southern Ocean warms, such behemoths are expected to become increasingly common.
    — John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
  • All that said, there’s still the behemoth of Pride to reckon with.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 13 June 2022
  • How much more of my life does this behemoth want to surveil?
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Glenbard West is a behemoth of a team, in more ways than one, and had played against some of the best guards in the state.
    — Paul Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The tech behemoth can still appeal against the ruling to the Supreme Court of India.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2023
  • All of that helps explain the behemoth sizes the fungus can reach.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Both of them were just vocal behemoths at such a young age.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2023
  • To some, the brand she’s been building for 13 years has been compared to the fashion behemoth Zara.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 28 June 2024
  • Crank the steering wheel all the way and this behemoth can turn around in a shockingly tight 37.1 feet.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The behemoth is now the fifth-longest superyacht in the global fleet and one of the biggest in the world in terms of volume.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 July 2022
  • Ethereum, which the 28-year-old co-created is a behemoth, for one thing.
    — Taylor Locke, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2022
  • These behemoths are soft, gooey, and packed with crunchy walnuts and two kinds of chocolate pieces.
    — Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The behemoth has 54 suites, for instance, as well as a speakeasy bar, two swimming pools, two restaurants, and a spa.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
  • By comparison the sun is a rare behemoth, in the top 20 percent of stars by mass.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
  • To be the No. 2 company in that market would still make AMD a behemoth.
    — Billy Perrigo, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But can the tech behemoth keep spending big on big-screen misfires?
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • At the end of the tunnel is a blast door, a behemoth weighing several tons.
    — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • The startup has found a partner in the liquor behemoth Beam Suntory.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Sure, you may be drawn in by the Cha Siu McRib, a glossy hunk of a sandwich inspired by one fast food behemoth, or the stunner of a whole stuffed fish.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Then Swift is back on the road, on the way to Melbourne and Sydney, Australia to continue her behemoth tour.
    — Bryan West, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Holdovers populated the rest of the top five, as no film dared launch against a Marvel behemoth.
    — Lindsey Bahr, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Shein, the e-commerce behemoth known for its $5 tees and $47 wedding dresses, may be coming to a mall near you.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Not more than a few hundred yards on, the red lights pick out another behemoth.
    — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That’s already the fifth-highest total for any film and only 100 or so points behind the box-office behemoths at the top of the charts.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2023
  • But the 330-pound behemoth was known as much for his affable persona as his power on the field.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022
  • The Nike Hoop Summit is happening at the behest of Nike, the world’s largest sportswear behemoth.
    — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Fast forward to 2024 though, and the NBA is not only a behemoth of athleticism, but one of fashion, too.
    — Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 26 June 2024
  • Search behemoth Google has published its lists of top U.S. searches in 2024.
    — Pueng Vongs, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Their effort to bring the behemoth to its knees must have taken days, though no one alive seems to know precisely how many.
    — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022

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