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How to use almighty in a sentence

20 example sentences · adjective, adverb

Almighty means unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful. Example: “I heard an almighty crash and ran into the kitchen to see what had happened.”

Examples of almighty by meaning

adjectiveGreat; extreme; terrible.

  • I heard an almighty crash and ran into the kitchen to see what had happened.
  • When Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen both went cheaply inside the first hour on the fifth day, a further 134 were needed and there was a genuine sense that an almighty upset might just come off.2012 May 21, Tom Fordyce, “England v West Indies: Hosts cruise home in Lord's Test”, in BBC Sport

adjectiveHaving very great power, influence, etc.

  • The almighty press condemned him without trial.

adverbExtremely; thoroughly.

  • Now that must have been almighty careless of someone, Wynn.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards...
  • It was almighty cold!2007, Richard Laymon, Savage, page 203

More sentences with almighty

  • A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society.From the entry monopoly
  • It featured a tent full of mattresses for one almighty love-in in the Nevada desert.2025 August 27, “The Burning Man Orgy Dome: welcome to the latest festival disaster”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry moresome
  • I had what seemed an unlimited prescription of the almighty hydromorphone.2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 167. From the entry hydromorphone
  • Never, ever underestimate the firepower of an almighty swarm of angry Fletchers.2019 March 6, Drachinifel, 41:58 from the start, in The Battle of Samar (Alternate History) - Bring on the Battleships!, archived from the…. From the entry angry
  • There had been one almighty BANG and then it had been lights out.2007, Kathryn Deans, Glow. From the entry lights out
  • There are hedges and ditches ahead and you are on course for an almighty cropper.1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section II, page 20. From the entry cropper
  • Instead of the plurality of gods in the various religions, there was only one, the only one and almighty god.2019, Günter Hiller, “Emergence”, in Symbiotic Cosmos: A Different Look at Evolution, Norderstedt: BoD Books on Demand, →ISBN, part I (A…. From the entry unexplicable
  • Haha! altar to the almighty bell curve god in NTU! - good luck to uni students for your exams!2014 November 25, Hana Wong, SGAG (Facebook post), retrieved 01 Nov 2017. From the entry bell curve god
  • The almighty God is the omniactive God.2012, Paul Tillich, Systematic Theology, volume 1, page 273. From the entry omniactive
  • On top of that he upset the frying-pan with an almighty fluff-up of blazing fat, and exploded into curses.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 202. From the entry fluff-up
  • You couldn't help feeling he'd be caught out one day, and then what an almighty cropper he'd come!1922, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “At the Bay”, in The Garden Party, London: Constable & Company, page 7. From the entry come a cropper
  • The control was poor, the discipline was worse, even the simplest of tasks - a pass, a clearance - looked an almighty struggle.2020 October 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-1 Denmark: 'Harry Maguire looked devoid of confidence in Nations League loss'”, in BBC Sport. From the entry distress signal
  • It had come from the west, the shock wave from some almighty earthstorm in lost America, rolling clear across the Atlantic before breaking over Thursday Island.2010, Philip Reeve, Fever Crumb: A Web of Air, Scholastic, →ISBN. From the entry earthstorm
  • And, even more importantly, what if the almighty Jedgar Hoover were to show up and find us laughing as we produced photos of some guy robbing a bank?2008, Rick Berger, Ok, You Dummies, up Against the Wall!, page 91. From the entry Jedgar
  • Immediately the intimate and packed crowd of party-loving young musos submit to the almighty bass quake, squawking synthesisers and furious thrusting rhythms of kuduro, the latest imported urban dance flavour.2008 March 23, Jaimie Hodgson, “When kuduro came to town”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry muso

Meaning of almighty

  1. adjective Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful.
  2. adjective Great; extreme; terrible.
  3. adjective Having very great power, influence, etc.

Full definition of almighty

Questions about almighty in a sentence

How do you use almighty in a sentence?
Almighty is used as an adjective and adverb. For example: “I heard an almighty crash and ran into the kitchen to see what had happened.”
What is a short sentence with almighty?
“It was almighty cold!”
What does almighty mean?
Almighty means unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful.

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