How to Use big deal in a Sentence

big deal

noun
  • The party was a big deal.
  • The cost didn't seem like much to me, but I know it was a big deal for many people.
  • In the words of 34-year-old DeMuro, this is a big deal.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Back then, any time the Cubs were in the playoff hunt, that was a big deal.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • With him getting put up on the board for the Swarm D, which is a big deal.
    Michael Niziolek, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Anna Christie turned out to be quite a big deal for you.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The fish fry on March 1 was always going to be a big deal.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
  • And in true wife-guy fashion, Kelce couldn’t help but make a big deal out of it.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 12 Feb. 2024
  • While that might not seem like a big deal, Swifties weren't done digging.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Jan. 2024
  • So don’t let anyone tell you that getting the measles is not a big deal.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The White House downplaying this, no big deal, but -- come on.
    ABC News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The fact that Mastodon was ready and able to provide a new home for users ready to leave Twitter was a big deal.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Simpson trial was a big deal in my house; I was not driven to school the day of the verdict.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
  • But moving to Japan was a big deal for my parents, too.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The two-day annual event has grown into a big deal over the past eight years.
    Joe Heim, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • These new video updates could prove to be a big deal for people who watch and make videos on the app.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 17 July 2023
  • This isn’t normally a big deal if the bank can wait until the bond’s term is up to cash out.
    Talia Trackim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • This was a big deal for Swift fans, as five songs from the regular setlist were cut for time in the 2-hour-and-45-minute movie.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • To consciously decide to join the party was a big deal.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Who knew that little old Tetris was ever such a big deal?
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
  • In the story of human evolution, this was a very big deal.
    Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
  • Folks Obamacare, known as the Affordable Care Act is still a very big deal.
    USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • To trumpet to the world that a Jewish woman in the 1950s actually was first to the post with this idea is quite a big deal.
    Vanessa Friedman and Max Lakin, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Stack says the occasion is a big deal and is a family day.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • No big deal to the World Series winner with 92 career saves.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And at first, tail lights weren’t such a big deal because there just weren’t enough cars around to justify it.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
  • There’s something about the airplane that makes even a minor dispute feel like a big deal.
    Amanda Hess, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Apple made a big deal of this iPhone camera feature with the announcement of the iPhone 13.
    José Adorno, BGR, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Ultimately, a few seconds in a game is not a big deal, right?
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • That a kill notice of this magnitude happened is a big deal.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 12 Mar. 2024

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