How to Use outsize in a Sentence

outsize

adjective

• Those agents have an outsize presence in a small city.
  — Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
• This may have something to do with his outsize persona.
  — Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
• Take the outsize sweet potato, big enough to qualify as a main course.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• The man and his outsize reactions were stealing scenes left and right!
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
• That gives outsize leverage to any faction willing to use it.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
• Despite their outsize impact, the book burners are not a large group.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
• Some trees may have an outsize nuisance for you, compared with others.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2024
• There were many reasons for this, but the decline of labor unions played an outsize role.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
• Just this warm and benign, outsize presence, like an uncle, on the set.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
• The Beckhams had an outsize impact on the celebrity style game.
  — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2023
• Big donors make outsize contributions to these groups.
  — Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• His view of the stock market is not necessarily for outsize gains from here.
  — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 2 June 2026
• The internet has always been a chaotic place where trolls can seize outsize power.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2026
• So, much like spicy seasoning, even a pinch of heavy elements can have an outsize effect.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
• Rather than develop a chip on his shoulder or outsize ego, Gad stayed grounded amid the ups and downs.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• That chunk of change is an outsize share compared to other generations.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
• Though even there, his ambition, like his clothes, is outsize and impossible to miss.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 5 July 2023
• Is Dennis an outsize version of yourself?
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
• Some cherry trees are not like the others, and one is receiving outsize attention this year.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• Wet Leg arrived with the kind of outsize hype that has become relatively rare.
  — Wsj Arts, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
• True to the cartoon medium, the characters are outsize and their adventures over the top.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
• Maybe that’s why the episode continues to trigger outsize reaction from fans and sports pundits.
  — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
• As such, young people living on their phones may feel an outsize connection to figures like Kirk.
  — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
• But Jamaica is a place with an outsize influence on global culture.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2023
• According to a new study on African striped mice, a single gene may play an outsize role in parental caregiving in male mice.
  — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
• But the abuses that do happen can have outsize consequences when countries wind up staring down the barrel.
  — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• For a creature that’s only the girth of a fingernail, the damage that quagga mussels wreak is outsize.
  — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
• But despite the small numbers, the issue has taken on outsize importance.
  — Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
• Still, even as much as Sweeney loves jeans, maybe she was unsettled by the outsize reaction to her ad promoting them.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
• Of those voters, more than 8 million of them will be first-time voters, and could play an outsize role in electing the next president.
  — Makena Kelly, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2024