Sentence examples for a colossal drain from inspiring English sources

While many French have called for tightened restrictions on illegal immigration, which is widely viewed as a colossal drain on state services, government action against sans-papiers has historically drawn public reproach.

Jean-Christophe Vié, deputy director of the IUCN's Species Program and the founder of the SOS Lemurs initiative, described rosewood logging as a "colossal" drain on the island's resources that deprives lemurs of their natural habitat.

Apart from failing to get a generous tax credit, your tax bill will remain inflated and the whole project will prove a colossal drain to your finances.

What a colossal failure!

That is a colossal achievement.

Safety is a colossal issue.

A colossal and inspirational figure.

This was a colossal understatement.

Zambrano was a colossal flop.

This was a colossal waste.

It was a colossal misstep.