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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a monster of an" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is exceptionally large, difficult, or impressive, often in a hyperbolic manner.
Example: "That was a monster of an exam; I spent weeks preparing for it."
Alternatives: "a huge challenge" or "a colossal task".
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A notebook belonging to Thomas Nickerson, the cabin boy of the Essex, a Nantucket whaling ship, preserves a gripping account of how a "monster" of an enraged sperm whale sunk his ship in 1820.
This Quirky product is a monster of an ice scraper.
Stephen Harper had just called a monster of an election campaign against Thomas Mulcair and the NDP.
We've moved from a basic need to connect someone who understands the science to the business of medicine into a monster of an industry.
For example, the Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 is an excellent socket AM2 motherboard, and the EVGA Nforce 790i SLI is a monster of an LGA 775 motherboard.
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Hopper Sr is a monster of a man.
In two weeks looms Haloti Ngata of Baltimore, a monster of a defensive tackle.
"They have a monster of a project on top of them," he said.
Because we heard that's a monster of a problem with state government.
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