monumental

Used with adjective complement

• seem: To edge myself from this cocoon seems monumental, far less the daily trudge of washing and dressing.
• become: Itâs almost like making something quite mundane become monumental.

Modifies a noun

• inscription: Monumental inscriptions from the cemetery at Somerset Road, Cape Town.
• mason: Monumental Masons will not tout for business within the cemetery.
• sculpture: One of his monumental sculptures was installed in the Hague in 1959.
• brass: Monumental brasses need to be allowed to ' breathe ' .
• effigy: In the north chapel is one of the finest monumental effigies in Wales.

Modifying Another Word

• truly: Both strains have truly monumental implications for the supply chain.
• so: Their role in our health is so monumental, that we simply can not afford to ignore them.
• too: His New York street scenes of the 1940s are classic, but Burckhardt ultimately found photography too monumental.
• really: This is a really monumental piece of work by an artist at the peak of his powers.
• pretty: It's a pretty monumental occasion and I'd love to see how it all goes down.
• absolutely: In his wake, an absolutely monumental battle raged for second place, with up to seven cars involved at various stages.

Preposition: in

• scale: Many of these works are monumental in scale and designed for outdoor settings.
• history: The work of Bryan Pearce is monumental in the history of St Ives painters.
• size: Eventually I stumbled on the Trevi Fountain, monumental in size and rather squashed in a small square.