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Meanings of colossi 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
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
Usage of colossi in English
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
6
But you need to figure out how to mount the colossi to reach those points.
Wired
7
We loitered too long around the colossi of Memnon and the palaces of the plain.
Egypt (La Mort de Philae)
8
There are such things as figments of the brain, even in the heads of colossi.
The Titan
9
Already at Memphis it has buried innumerable statues and colossi and temples of the Sphinx.
Egypt (La Mort de Philae)
10
At the mouth of the harbor on each side were three colossi supported by pillars.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
11
Only the skylights and the outline of the towering colossi at the far end remained visible.
Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales
12
Nonetheless, these are aspiring footballers rather than the colossi we have known in former Germany line-ups.
The Guardian
13
But Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson were indeed colossi, and they did once rule the world.
The Guardian
14
Dave and George had been political colossi for embracing his vision and implementing a sugar tax.
The Guardian
15
He first recognized the fact that they were colossi, and no fit subject for the microscope.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
16
More than anything, these colossi conformed to the old concept of 'arcology' as a single city-in-a-building.
The Naked God
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