How to Use great big in a Sentence

great big

adjective
Definition of great bignext
  • This is a classic adaptation with a wise soul and a great big smile on its face.
    — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But again, the absence of low-range gearing and those great big Bridgestones are enough to keep us clear of the wilderness.
    — Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
  • Here’s our great big highly specific guide to the theme park.
    — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Posh and Becks, as the tabloids called them—nice short words, great big headlines—were a celebrity match made in heaven.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Last month, Australia just gave the mid-sized landing craft concept a great big boost.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • After the song ended, Clarkson gave River Rose a great big hug and a kiss on the forehead.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Four years later, all that proclaiming about the death of the great big TV show looks rather premature.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The blood sprays and great big chunks of squishy red flesh that tend to follow are just the icing on this gleefully violent cake.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In terms of optimism and excitement for a season and hope for great big things to happen.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Over her lifetime, the Sun Queen would earn more than 20 patents, nearly all of which had to do with harnessing the power of that great big burning ball in the sky.
    — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Jones said Kayden was a great big brother to his sister, Kaylee, and an excellent son.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 30 June 2023
  • Along with the chance to chill, there's a great big beautiful tomorrow earworm waiting for you.
    — Britt Kennerly, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • Following a snapshot of the notes the hotel wrote to the mother-daughter duo, Dewan shared a sweet candid lifting her daughter up at the beach — both sporting great big smiles.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 9 July 2023
  • The great big outdoors and therapies, too: Auberge’s hacienda altagracia.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 11 Apr. 2023

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