Vocabulary Word
Word: monumental
Definition: massive; impressively large; built as a monument
Definition: massive; impressively large; built as a monument
Sentences Containing 'monumental'
The stadium was named Monumental "José Fierro" in honor of a well-remembered Atlético's chairman.
In the adjoining meeting-house are monumental tablets for him and his wife.
One of the arches of the Aqua Virgo, which spanned an ancient street, and was restored in monumental form by Claudius (CIL VI.1252).
His monumental canvases established a substantial popular reputation, and lithographic copies of the portraits helped to spread his fame.
From the thirteenth century, there are relatively large numbers of monumental effigies like the elaborate Douglas tombs in the town of Douglas.
"Long March" with Mao Zedong during the Chinese Revolution, covering the monumental event for the Chicago Daily Tribune.
In 1927, his pacific monument of Ouveillan (a Monumental Modern portic in the South of France) was very appreciated.
Brick vaults and pieces of Proconnesian marble sculpture were discovered, among them fragments of the monumental epigram adorning the church.
His memorial by the monumental mason "Flaxman" was erected in the Cambridgeshire parish church.
With a penchant for elevating the seemingly mundane to the monumental, Clay often focused—literally and figuratively—on "those places we pass each day and take little notice of".
A "mole" is a building of monumental proportions.
Intricate woodcarving, wall-sized murals and mosaics, and monumental cast bronze gates can also be found.
In the 1960s, the whole estate but for this chapel was razed for housing development, even though the chapel and the manor house were under monumental protection.
For the last event, there is a monumental altar to the dead erected on a small plaza in the town of Jalpan.
In addition to painting, Clerk has also created monumental sculptures of note.
It is temple-like in appearance and has a monumental portico of 6 unfluted Ionic columns across the west end.
It is a two story Neo-Georgian stone masonry structure of monumental proportions, built 1900-01.
The problem of the evolution of the kouros type is inevitably linked to that of the overall development of monumental Archaic Greek sculpture.
Monumental Vending is a vending machine operator that has been in business since 1991.
Monumental Vending was started in 1991 by Craig Kushner and David Gordon with a single vending machine.
Monumental Vending hired Richard Barney as the company’s Chief Operations Officer.
Monumental Vending offers a full line of Coke and Pepsi products, fruit juices, water, sports drinks, energy drinks and more.
Monumental Vending has developed, in partnership with VMI, a nutrition guideline program emphasizing sensible nutrition choices.
Monumental also works with healthy guidelines that originate from clients like Kaiser Permanente.
Monumental Vending received the "Vending Operator of the Year" award from National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) in 2011.
Soda became the only band to play more than five times in the Estadio Monumental in Argentina in a single tour.
The lake stretches to the base of Lower Monumental Dam, upstream.
Jean-Marc Tournois is the author of a number of monumental sculptures that decorate the urban spaces of many European cities.
FC Köln team-mate Herbert Zimmermann in the goalless draw against Italy at Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti.
He ordered plans to replace the old building by a new and more monumental edifice, but nothing was done during the Napoleonic rule.
This gave it a more monumental appearance, but it was primarily the result of safety concerns since it was more accessible to firemen, reducing the chance that fire would spread to surrounding buildings.
His artistic skills were improved by studying the monumental buildings in the city and his education at the hands of Bilinić's wife, who was a high-school teacher.
Athletics competitions at the 1997 Bolivarian Games were held at the Estadio Monumental Vírgen de Chapi in Arequipa, Perú, between October 17-26, 1996.
Estadio Monumental de Condebamba is a multi-use stadium in Abancay, Peru.
There are also a number of 15th and 16th century monumental brasses and some stained glass by Ninian Comper.
Created in honour of Henrik Ibsen, it is a monumental presentation of Peer Gynt, scene by scene.
A monumental bald eagle tending eaglets in a nest is perched above the main entry.
Monumental works of the period used symbolic figures rather than actual depictions of soldiers.
Monumental Mysteries is an American television show currently airing on the Travel Channel.
Works in the technique are described as "in relief", and, especially in monumental sculpture, the work itself is "a relief".
Notable examples of monumental reliefs include:
Smaller-scale reliefs:
The Commission was monumental as it was not only a full-time commission, but it was also salaried for six of its members.
An example of his monumental work can be seen in the promenade of his hometown, Santaella.
Besides, the monumental building of the new church is likely to be in disharmony with the delicate 18th-century St.
These are monuments to egos and you couldn't find a more monumental ego than Boris."
Laarwoud is a monumental stronghold in the centre of Zuidlaren, the Netherlands.
Such monumental inscriptions may subsequently be useful to genealogists and family historians.
The departments of monumental art and applied art closed.
Monumental sculpture was rarely practiced separately from architecture in the Pre-Romanesque period.
A temple dedicated to Minerva dominated the western end, behind which was a monumental entrance.
