colossus - use in sentences

Adjective modifier

  • first: The game eases you into the style of play from the first colossi.

Converse of object

  • call: This had brought about the building of an unprecedented large electronic machine, called the Colossus, brought into action just before D-Day.
  • rebuild: He will end by showing a video ( or DVD ) of the rebuilt Colossus actually breaking a cipher text.
  • beat: The Fruit of the Dead Each time you beat a Colossus, your strength meter will increase.
  • like: He walks about them like a Colossus, while little men walk under him and understand him not.
  • put: To celebrate the 200th issue of the magazine, we have put together a colossus of an issue.
  • become: From humble beginnings as a village schoolmaster's son he grew to become a colossus in the world of symphonic music.

Adjective modifier

  • new: The appearance of Niall Ferguson's new book Colossus might therefore seem timely.
  • last: I didn't quite figure them out to the point of being comfortable with them until I was forced to with the last Colossus.
  • famous: Rhodes Town and harbor, where the famous Colossus once stood, is a mixture of ancient and modern.
  • military: In 1939, we acted for the sake of those helpless before a military colossus, for the sake of Germany's neighbors.
  • global: But how could a top four global media colossus have reached this catastrophic state and endure such a financial thrashing?

Modifies a noun

  • computer: You can visit Bletchley Park and see for yourself the reconstructed Colossus computer which was used to crack the German codes.
  • machine: Page 277: There were actually ten Colossus machines.

Noun used with modifier

  • software: The software colossus stands accused of using its market power unfairly.
  • name: I headed directly into the main arena and yes the name Colossus does do the name of this event justice.

Preposition: in

  • defense: King retorted by describing Reeves as a colossus in the defense.

Preposition: with

  • foot: Colossus with feet of clay The Iraqis have showed us something really important: the Empire is a colossus on feet of clay.

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