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Meanings of larger-than-life in English

Very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)

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Examples for "heroic"
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In physique they were heroic; both were lawyers; both were natural orators.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 / Little J...
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One cannot but admire the heroic pastoral work done by Fr Good.
The Irish Times
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Please enjoy these stirring and heroic images of great women throughout history.
Suck it, wonder woman!: the misadventures of a hollywood geek
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These trip reports leave vivid images of heroic maneuvers to avoid lines.
Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probabilities a...
5
This tragedy is written in heroic verse; the plot from Justin, lib.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
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Which American Civil War epic is concerned concerns the plantation at Tara?
The Irish Times
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Woolworths has just dropped an epic list of 60 new festive products.
News.com.au
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The novel is an often disturbing, often funny and always epic work.
The Guardian
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In the epic, all the strength of Çiva lies in the Linga.
The Religions of India / Handbooks on the History of Religions, ...
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She decided he was the right author to finish Jordan's epic work.
The Guardian
Usage of larger-than-life in English
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Of course it was, it was merely Tom being his larger-than-life self.
The lady elizabeth
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They often have larger-than-life personalities coupled with baffling displays of deep insecurity.
Ebony
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NASA funding has depended in no small part upon the larger-than-life mythology.
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
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Even now, Logan knowing what he did, Michael retained his larger-than-life image.
Armageddon's Children
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It's been an eventful month that saw larger-than-life news stories breaking this week.
The South African
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It would be a bold statement about political sacrifice, a larger-than-life, maverick move.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
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The clothes were larger-than-life, literally, being a millennial take on 80s power dressing.
The Guardian
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The larger-than-life Ellison, like Musk, is known for making bombastic, brash public comments.
Reuters
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In his larger-than-life size photographic portrait, Anthony Foy is looking straight to camera.
The Irish Times
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I wonder, what did she make of her larger-than-life self in True Grit?
The Guardian
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Greg was the larger-than-life personality, whereas Mark appears to be the austere Catholic.'
The Guardian
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Nicki Minaj has made her larger-than-life hips and backside part of her schtick.
Ebony
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The men called the Quinn they knew, this larger-than-life creature of the FDNY.
Roast mortem
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Paige looks tiny under her blanket beneath the posters of larger-than-life historical figures.
World After
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A wife lets go of her larger-than-life husband's clothes and collectibles.
The Guardian
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A larger-than-life Noel Kahn gazed through a telescope on the Jumbotron.
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