How to Use prodigious in a Sentence

prodigious

adjective

• She had what was known in those days as a hollow leg, meaning she was able to drink prodigious amounts of liquor without getting drunk, or so she thought.
  — Vanity Fair, July 2000
• In recent years, Schiff and Porter have been among the most prodigious fundraisers in the House.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2023
• Winds could go as high as 70 mph at some peaks and the rainfall will be prodigious.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2023
• This is not new for Rodgers, who for the past decade has been one of the most prodigious musicians in any genre.
  — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022
• Over the course of his career, Mr. Foster witnessed prodigious changes in the way homes are bought and sold.
  — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
• When pressed, the Corvette E-Ray’s power is prodigious, and the car has plenty of grip to deploy it.
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
• The attack raised fresh doubts that the deal would help get Ukraine’s prodigious harvest to the world and help to ease surging food prices.
  — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• Schultz and Fraites have certainly been prodigious during the past decade, and more.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 3 July 2022
• By any measure, the paintings and drawings reflect a prodigious amount of work for an artist of any age.
  — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Her prodigious work ethic has yielded a superb artist on the rise.
  — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
• The Holy Grail of Ferraris has sold for a fittingly prodigious amount of money.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2023
• The 38-year-old Turner isn’t known for prodigious speed but attempted the steal anyway.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• Chris Vrabel has seen first-hand Tiafoe’s prodigious talent and drive.
  — Kelyn Soong, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• The six members of the board and their prodigious staff took over several meeting rooms at a law firm in Midtown.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
• Perhaps no show has had as prodigious a body count as The Walking Dead over its 11-season run.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2022
• Nearly 12 percent of global trade passes through the Red Sea, as well as a prodigious amount of oil from the Persian Gulf.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
• Aphids are amazing creatures, able to produce prodigious numbers of offspring in the blink of an eye.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
• Use the adapter that comes with it to connect to a shop vacuum because its output is prodigious.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2023
• But as impressive as his prodigious skills may be, more so is the range of expression and emotion in the playing.
  — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 8 Mar. 2024
• Shiffrin won the next day’s race by nearly two seconds, a prodigious margin of victory in a ski race.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• Schama is a prodigious researcher and an often eloquent stylist.
  — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• But overall, the industry is shedding jobs at a prodigious rate.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 6 July 2023
• Schiff and Porter are among the most prodigious fundraisers in the House, though Porter had to spend a significant sum in a tight reelection race last year.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2023
• The prodigious amounts of artillery fire used in Ukraine are beyond US experience for 70 years.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023
• Williams is known as a prodigious recruiter while working as a position coach.
  — al, 2 Nov. 2022
• At first glance the line up of three new models looks rather spartan by LG’s usually prodigious standards.
  — John Archer, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2022
• Just last week, Altman appeared to have mastered the prodigious challenges that came with his new power and prominence.
  — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
• His prodigious output, however, is not matched by the size of his readership.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Today, the beer list remains prodigious, with suds from local to Kentucky to Denmark to Belgium.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 4 July 2023
• Ousmane commutes to his job by riding a city bus and trudging through Quebec’s prodigious snows.
  — Jorge Camarotti, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024