Meanings of passed great in English

Several times we passed great whirlpools, sometimes shifting, sometimes steady.

As they approached the edge of the sea ice they passed great lakes of open water.

We passed great holes freshly made, neatly blown out of the macadam, then a dead horse.

Occasionally we passed great tracts of lupine.

We passed great numbers of hippopotami.

We passed great slopes entirely covered with mulberry and olive trees, whilst in the valleys there were fields of maize and corn.

They passed great tangles of wild grapes that scented the air, here and there an island shimmering with the bloom of blueberries.

He passed great cavalcades of nobles and soldiers, and marvelled at their straight, slim rapiers, so different from the heavy Polish saber.

It passed great armored Kufstein standing across the beautiful and solemn gorge, denying the right of way to all the foes of Austria.

It passed great armoured Kuffstein standing across the beautiful and solemn gorge, denying the right of way to all the foes of Austria.

On the 4th and 5th, our navigators, continuing their course to the south-east, passed great quantities of pumice-stone.

The younger man, fatigued with travel, was soon asleep; Lempriere, with more to think of, passed great part of the night in wakeful anxiety.

He passed great encomiums upon the commanders who had distinguished themselves, and historians dwelt particularly upon his visit to the tent of the English earl.

On our way back we passed great swamps where there were duck, but we had had enough of them to last us for the present.