Meaning of momentful | Babel Free
Definitions
- Relating to or characteristic of a moment
- Synonym of momentous.
Examples
“Our unit mite of care and trivialness, And frozen staidness and frigidity; On what shall quickly prove⟳ a confluence Of bosom ferment; yea, rack'd seas of thought, A universe of momentful concern⟳.”
“I'd made up my mind⟳ to treat⟳ it right, to make⟳ it clear and strong and simple. I wanted to hit the notes as telling as a clock striking. And when I started, that full momentful thing I'd been feeling since yesterday at the foot of Ember Mountain took hold⟳ of me.”
“She's missing hair at her sides, as if a saddle has long rubbed her permanently raw. Her eyes are very blue, eyes void of protest⟳ or argument, full of calm, momentful existence, maybe without memory, the eyes of an animal accustomed to the rowel on her bit and a man's hard hand on her headstall.”
“How many moments do you have⟳ in your day that are actually momentful, meaning you are present⟳, you are aware, and you are engaged only in what is happening right then?”
“Take⟳ that momentful night when WMAL-TV made its baptism into the ether.”
“After a comparatively momentful trip⟳, I arrived in Odiongan about one o'clock in the afternoon.”
“"It was arranged," said Emilius, after a pause, during which he recalled with clearness the momentful history of the few short hours which had sealed his brother's fate, "that Patricia should leave⟳ her father's cottage at midnight, when her father was asleep.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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