Essential Word Roots: That's Great!: Magn

Harold Bloom subtitled his magnum opus on Shakespeare “The Invention of the Human” in recognition of the Bard’s unprecedented ability to imagine the lives of others.  Los Angeles Times (May 26, 2016)

With a story of this magnitude and importance, there are going to be any number of books. New York Times (Jul 20, 2010)

There are others that enunciate grand sentiments, high sounding and magniloquent, the very music and resonance of their words imparting a warm glow within them. Lever, Charles James

Professor Trelawney moved into the firelight, and they saw that she was very thin; her large glasses magnified her eyes to several times their natural size, and she was draped in a gauzy spangled shawl. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

He was clad in a magnificent robe of thick red velvet, with an ermine collar and shiny gold fastenings. A Game of Thrones

There was a sort of magnificence about him, even without the fine uniform that made Governor Andros so splendid. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

He clicked a knob and zoomed in to higher and higher magnifications until the hazy sea of green turned into a screen filled with hundreds of individual cells, their centers dark and bulging. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

In New York, the sisters arranged a magnetic healing session with multimillionaire financier and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt. Votes for Women!

Her husband was just as welcoming, possessing a magnanimous Texas spirit that seemed to override any political hard feelings. Becoming

“It’s possible I was wrong,” she said, with an air of great magnanimity. Strange the Dreamer