How to use "great" in a sentence

Anyone who touches it feels great pain."

The President was a great big old man who talked like somebody from Texas, and there were a lot of people standing round him in the flower garden.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation

This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice

We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations

From every mountainside, let freedom ring! And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true

They have conducted it through many perils, and generally with great success

Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief Constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty

Where hostility to the United States, in any interior locality, shall be so great and universal as to prevent competent resident citizens from holding the Federal offices, there will be no attempt to force obnoxious strangers among the people for that object.

The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligation in both cases, and a few break over in each

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail, by the judgment of this great tribunal, the American people.

Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention, and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented

A great lover of the British Empire has said that under the British constitution even a successful rebellion is perfectly constitutional, and he quotes historical instances, which I cannot deny, in support of his claim

This great Nation will endure, as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.

More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return

It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing great - greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our great natural resources.

With this pledge taken, I assume unhesitatingly the leadership of this great army of our people dedicated to a disciplined attack upon our common problems.

I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis - broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.

But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course - both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons, both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom, yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind's final war.

'Your profession has suffered a great loss,' Mr Slinkton said suddenly.

You are in great danger! You must come with me and talk to that man in the hand-carriage

At 9 o'clock on that Thursday night a great fire in London Docks changed the colour of the sky in the East End of London to a deep red

But now, for the first time in twenty years, a man had shown him great kindness, and he did not know what to feel.

She was breathing with great difficulty, but her face looked peaceful and calm

'This is a very heavy bucket for such a small child,' he said gently, looking down at her from his great height.

The old man listened with great interest, and asked her many questions.

The December days passed in great happiness for Cosette and for Jean Valjean, too

He tied one end of the wire around Cosette's waist, climbed the wall and, with great difficulty, pulled the girl up behind him

When he told Javert his address, he noticed the inspector's eyes light up with great interest

'She's in great pain

Then, with a great effort, she raised herself on one arm and, struggling for breath, looked into Marius's eyes.

He remembered clearly the young man in the Luxembourg Gardens who had shown such great interest in Cosette, and he was certain that this was the man she had written to.

His eyes closed and, in great pain, he felt a hand grab him as he fell.

Finally, when even his great strength was beginning to fade, he saw ahead of him a light - the clear light of day

The stranger explained in great detail how he used to work for the government in foreign countries and that, now he was retired, he wanted to move to South America with his wife and daughter

I want you to have no great sorrows

As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest

For a few moments he sinks slowly into the great loch, but then, somehow, miraculously, he kicks again, and he comes to the surface once more

And the brothers laugh as they watch Gerry and the truck drive up the road to Hobbs Creek while the great Australian sun begins to fall behind the horizon.

"Okay, well, it's not my idea, and it's old, but I think it's great for a film

"Come on, Son, this is going to be great fun," he says, and Junior follows him but says nothing.

An Englishman from the great city of London

that's so sweet of you!" Taste-pots were great, because they weren't expensive, but gave you the taste of something luxurious like double chocolate ice cream

"I've had a great time, and I can't wait to go swimming with dolphins."

So I thought, hey, yes - that's a great idea, I don't have to actually do it-"

It sounds great

"Yeah, really great

When we're not learning, we play sports, and they're all great..."

"Sounds great

"Well, you know, it's great in here

The pods are a great invention," he said, in a strangely mechanical voice.

I talked about my mother and her great love for my father

Comfortable chairs stood on either side of a great open fireplace

I had thought that perhaps we would walk down to the sea, or sit under the great tree on the lawn.

A servant brought rugs and chairs and we all sat under the great tree on the lawn

When I stood on the terrace, I could hear the sound of great waves on the shore

'There would be a great deal to do

The preparations for the great day went on

Slowly, the great house began to change

Furniture was moved as the great hall was prepared for dancing

'The Ball was a great success

Maxim is always a great help at times like this

When people have a great shock, they feel nothing at first

Frank was a great help to us

Her death was a great shock

She was steadily becoming a respected name in the closely-knit Vegas entertainment world, and she believed that she was on the verge of great success.

Nevertheless, even as preoccupied with Magyck! As she was, she had adjusted to Danny's death only with great difficulty

We're a great team

He made no great show of being more than ordinarily interested in her, but the attraction she held for him was evident in his eyes

Her shoulder-length hair - deep brown, almost black, glossy - swept across her brow, feathered back at the sides, and framed her face as though it were a painting by a great master

But there at first, for a good many years, we had a great thing going

And before you give me any more of that treacly talk about your great love of family, let me remind you that it wasn't me who tore our family apart

"Maybe the past wasn't so great, but the future seems pretty damn good."

It'll be a great promotion, don't you think?" She raised her hands, as if framing her next words, "The Golden Pyramid - a Magyck! Place for lovers."

"It's a great idea," Angela said

"Every great chef must be an egomaniac when it comes to his culinary art

My client is spared a great deal of unnecessary anguish

They were going to great lengths to avoid using violence, which confirmed Elliot's suspicion that they wanted to leave him unmarked, so that later his body would bear no cuts or bruises incompatible with suicide.

The pressure in his chest grew so great that he couldn't get his breath.

Everything here is in great shape

But wherever there's a great deal of personal freedom, there's also an element that takes more than fair advantage of the liberal legal structure

She was in great distress, and she suffered from horrible dreams that plagued her every night

See, I'm not as great as you think I am."

"A great cook but a lousy pilot," she said.

But he was also frustrated because so few people were aware of his great importance.

But magic - that's my one great love

As they swung into another curve, Elliot wrestled with the wheel, and Tina was acutely aware that a great dark void lay beyond the shoulder of the road

I knew this whole business was too dirty to end any way but disaster." He sighed, as if a great weight had been lifted from him

"He thinks he's a great man of science, destined for immortality, a man of great works

The things done to Danny Evans don't constitute 'great work.' They won't earn anyone immortality

The boy blinked, and with what appeared to be great effort, at the cost of more than a little pain, he withdrew one arm from under the covers and reached out toward her

I simply said, "Well, a red-hot glowing road is a great visual." In fact, it would be such a fantastic visual that it would be visible at night from orbiting satellites, like a neon arrow pointing toward the secret installation that it served.

The great mystery was why my brother had so helpfully put his head under the hammer - the only possible explanation for his part in that night's events.

The great metal hammer seemed to drop slowly

The discovery was a great shock to me

I am in great trouble and would like your advice.

And there, with great excitement, I saw something smooth hidden under the leaves

With great confidence, people travelled around this world and believed that they were in control of their lives

But across the great emptiness of space, more intelligent minds than ours looked at this Earth with jealous eyes, and slowly and surely made their plans against us

And early in the twentieth century, the great shock came.

During 1894, a great light was seen on the surface of the planet by a number of astronomers

Towards midnight on 12 August, one astronomer noticed a great cloud of hot gas on the surface of the planet

Because it was so small, I did not see the Thing they were sending us, which was flying quickly towards me across that great distance

But no one suspected the truth, that the Martians had fired missiles, which were now rushing towards us at a speed of many kilometres a second across the great emptiness of space.

For a minute he hardly realized what this meant, and although the heat was great, he climbed down into the pit to see the cylinder more closely

When I got there, I found a little crowd of perhaps twenty people surrounding the great pit in which the cylinder lay

I looked again at the cylinder, and felt great terror.

A few minutes earlier there had only been three things in my mind: the great size of the night and space and nature, my own weakness and unhappiness, and the near approach of death

On the surface of the Earth the force of gravity is three times as great as on the surface of Mars

At about eleven, a company of soldiers came through Horsell and spread out in a great circle around the common

Then there was a great flash like daylight and this strange object could be seen clearly.

It was some time before my shock would let me struggle up into a drier position, or think of the great danger I was in.

Across the light, great black shapes moved busily backwards and forwards.

I had already decided that the area around London would be the scene of a great battle before the Martians could be destroyed.

Three legs and a great big head, sir.'

There was no great fear at this time, but already there were more people than all the boats could carry across the Thames

In another moment a great wave of very hot water came sweeping round the bend

Then I saw the four of them carrying the remains of the fallen one between them, now clear and then later faint through a curtain of smoke, moving away from me across a great space of river and fields

It was clear to me that the great tragedy in which he was involved - it seemed that he had escaped from Weybridge - had driven him to the edge of madness.

The morning papers on Saturday contained, in addition to a great deal of information about the planet Mars, one very short report.

Besides this, Londoners are very used to feeling safe, and exciting news is so normal in the papers that they could read reports like this without great fear:

They were described as, 'great machines like spiders, nearly thirty metres high, as fast as an express train, and able to shoot out a beam of strong heat.'

It was the beginning of the great panic

All of the six million people who lived in the great city were beginning to move

As it was reported later, most of them remained busy with preparations in the pit on Horsell Common until nine that night, doing something that produced a great amount of Black Smoke.

Each of the Martians, standing in the great curve I have described, had used the tube he carried to fire a large cylinder over whatever hill, wood or other possible hiding-place for guns might be in front of him

A great cloud of dust, white under the strong sun, made everything within five metres of the ground grey and unclear

Beyond these were the larger ships - a great number of coal ships, ships carrying goods, and neat white and grey passenger ships from Southampton and Hamburg.

Her great idea was to return to Stanmore

In another moment it had hit the sea, and a great amount of water and steam flew high in the air

Something rushed up into the sky, something flat and broad and very large, and flew in a great curve

The cylinder was already open in the centre of the pit, and on the furthest side one of the great fighting-machines, empty now, stood tall and unmoving against the evening sky

This machine was shaped like a spider with five legs and a great number of tentacles

That night, as we hid in the hall, I felt a great need to do something but could think of no plan of escape

He threatened me, begged me, and this was mixed with a great deal of talk about his service to God

It filled me with terror to think how quickly that great change had come

They haven't any spirit in them - no proud dreams and no great ideas

We must make great safe places deep underground, and get all the books we can; not novels and poetry, but ideas, science books

I began to feel that I had failed my wife, and decided to leave this dreamer of great things and to go on into London

'Ulla, ulla, ulla,' cried that inhuman note - great waves of sound sweeping down the broad, sunlit road, between the tall buildings on each side

At first I thought a house had fallen across the road, but when I climbed up on the ruins I saw, with a shock, this great machine lying, with its tentacles bent and twisted, among the ruins that it had made

I marched on without fear towards this great machine, and then, as I came nearer and the light grew, I saw that a number of black birds were circling and gathering around the top of it

It was a large space, with enormous machines here and there within it, great piles of material and strange buildings

Only the tops of the great engines, so unearthly in their shape, could be seen in the morning light

Across the pit, on its further edge, lay the great flying-machine which they had been testing in our heavier atmosphere when disease and death stopped them

All around the pit, and saved from everlasting destruction, lay the great city

I remember, clearly and in great detail, all that I did that day until the time when I stood crying on the top of Primrose Hill

From there the happy news had flashed all over the world; a thousand cities, living in great fear, suddenly- turned on all their lights.

It seems to me that they have lost a great advantage in the failure of their first surprise

It has taken away our confidence in the future, which was making us soft; it has given great help to science, and it has made us think of human beings as one family.

Perhaps, across the great distances of space, the Martians have watched what happened to the ones that landed on Earth and learned their lesson - and have found a safer home on the planet Venus

I heard the noise of playing children and remembered the deep silence of the dawn of that last great day...

"I promise that I will tell you everything some day, but if you enter now, you will cause great sadness." Then she held me tightly, and I tried to push her off.

'No, there was a great fire in Atlanta after her husband's death, and all her papers were destroyed.'

What a great moment in English history! I imagined the scene!

The stew was a great success

First I noticed that she was dark, then that she was young, and finally (to my great surprise) that she was rather ugly! She had a large, strong masculine jaw

Because of our great love for her, Miss Halcombe and I had recognised her immediately, but the Count's letter had influenced Mr Fairlie, and even the servants at Limmeridge House had not recognised her.

He wrote quickly, with great intensity and pleasure

This was a great shock to me

That, in short, was our great conspiracy

"It feels great," she said as she came out, with a very big smile

Who was this great woman?

In a talk in 1995, she said, "Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." She said that a country cannot be great if its women are not free

As a runner, she could do great things.

Fanny Blankers-Koen was one of the first women to show that women could also be great athletes

Later, there were other great sportswomen, like American tennis player Billie Jean King.

But she did not just play tennis; she also made great progress for women's equality and for women's pay in sport

All the women in this book have felt empowered to achieve great things, and they have helped to empower other women.

You are in great danger," says Lolita.