How to Use prodigious in a Sentence

prodigious

adjective
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  • She had what was known in those days as a hollow leg, meaning she was able to drink prodigious amounts of liquor without getting drunk, or so she thought.
    — Vanity Fair, July 2000
  • In recent years, Schiff and Porter have been among the most prodigious fundraisers in the House.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2023
  • Winds could go as high as 70 mph at some peaks and the rainfall will be prodigious.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The mill’s prodigious low-end grunt shows up with even the slightest touch of throttle.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 7 June 2022
  • This is not new for Rodgers, who for the past decade has been one of the most prodigious musicians in any genre.
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Over the course of his career, Mr. Foster witnessed prodigious changes in the way homes are bought and sold.
    — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • When pressed, the Corvette E-Ray’s power is prodigious, and the car has plenty of grip to deploy it.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The attack raised fresh doubts that the deal would help get Ukraine’s prodigious harvest to the world and help to ease surging food prices.
    — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 27 July 2022
  • Touring with the Will Mastin Trio, Davis grew up fast and flashed his prodigious talents.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Schultz and Fraites have certainly been prodigious during the past decade, and more.
    — Gary Graff, cleveland, 3 July 2022
  • Cruz is a 6-foot-7 shortstop with prodigious power and good speed.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2022
  • His prodigious belly is belted with vines, too, and his mouth is stuffed with leaves.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-Lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2021
  • By any measure, the paintings and drawings reflect a prodigious amount of work for an artist of any age.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Her prodigious work ethic has yielded a superb artist on the rise.
    — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The Holy Grail of Ferraris has sold for a fittingly prodigious amount of money.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Levi had been there since the age of nine, while Tirzah joined at 13 thanks to her prodigious talent as a classical harpist.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2021
  • During the campaign, Mr. Buttigieg proved to be a prodigious fundraiser.
    — Ken Thomas, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The 38-year-old Turner isn’t known for prodigious speed but attempted the steal anyway.
    — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Chris Vrabel has seen first-hand Tiafoe’s prodigious talent and drive.
    — Kelyn Soong, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The six members of the board and their prodigious staff took over several meeting rooms at a law firm in Midtown.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Perhaps no show has had as prodigious a body count as The Walking Dead over its 11-season run.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Brown has proved a prodigious fundraiser, having brought in $7.1 million as of May 22.
    — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 June 2024
  • Part of the Astrodome's charm came in three seats in the upper deck that were painted to mark where some of the Astros' most prodigious home runs landed.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 12 July 2021
  • Nearly 12 percent of global trade passes through the Red Sea, as well as a prodigious amount of oil from the Persian Gulf.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Aphids are amazing creatures, able to produce prodigious numbers of offspring in the blink of an eye.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
  • The infield grass was prodigious, practically a prairie; Sword and MacPhail would’ve brought in the Weedwackers.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Harder use devours the battery's charge at a prodigious rate.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Use the adapter that comes with it to connect to a shop vacuum because its output is prodigious.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Pandora is a harsh desert planet marred by prodigious amounts of waste from both its human and natural inhabitants.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2024
  • Wandering, unorthodox, Alexis Pauline Gumbs melds her prodigious mind to Lorde, illuminating how the activist/poet saw her own life as inspiration, long after her death in 1992.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024

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