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Meanings of colossal statue in English

Russian
колоссальная статуя
Spanish
escultura colosal
Catalan
colós

Sculptural genre.

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колоссальная статуя
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Examples for "colossus"
Examples for "colossus"
1
It is foreign to our ideas-a wireless colossus in such a place.
With Botha in the Field
2
But times changed and the sandstone colossus was abandoned in the 1970s.
The Guardian
3
Liam Ryan has been a colossus since his timely return to fitness.
Independent.ie
4
Zelie saw a nervous quiver on the heavy face of her colossus.
Ursula
5
With a career spanning four decades, David Byrne is a musical colossus.
The Irish Times
1
To do so, he must defeat 16 stone giants known as colossi.
The South African
2
Why, they don't even understand their own colossi any longer.
Foundation
3
A damnable tram-line for little trolleys leads one toward the wonderful colossi of Memnon.
The Spell of Egypt
4
These men were generally thick-set, with curved noses like those of the Assyrian colossi.
Salammbo
5
They were of the colossi, and would sink our boat.
Ben-Hur
Usage of colossal statue in English
1
The beauties of a colossal statue, must be contemplated at a distance.
The Stranger in France / or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Ill...
2
He has no idea that there is a colossal statue in the vaults.
The Heart of Rome: A Tale of the "Lost Water"
3
The olive-tree of Pallas-Athênê was there, and her colossal statue.
Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology
4
The colossal statue of some early Emperor lies strewn in fragments across the road.
Roma eterna
5
The colossal statue of Serapis was involved in the ruin of his temple and religion.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 3
6
For these acceptable services the grateful Byzantians erected a colossal statue in honour of Athens.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
7
The pediment was adorned with statuary, and near it was a colossal statue of Jupiter.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
8
He seemed to see the entire colossal statue standing again between the huge, crouching beasts.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2
9
The late colossal statue shrinks to a modest bas-relief.
Ponkapog Papers
10
In front was a colossal statue of Nero himself, one hundred and ten feet high.
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
11
The Maltese erected a colossal statue to Paul on Selmoon Island about fifty years ago.
A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel
12
After his first visit to Rome, 1496, Michael Angelo executed his colossal statue of David.
The Old Masters and Their Pictures, For the Use of Schools and L...
13
At the bottom of the grand staircase stood the colossal statue of the emperor, by Canova.
The Crayon Papers
14
The colossal statue of Bellerophon, in bronze, which was broken down and cast into the furnace.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2
15
Great cataracts and artificial cascades often form the background to a great building or colossal statue.
Another World: Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
16
Mac Knight, to build a colossal statue of Vulcan, god of fire and metals, in iron.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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