Sentence examples for been a colossus in from inspiring English sources

If the war had gone well, "the president could have been a colossus in American politics" and "a transformative figure, a Republican Roosevelt".

Victor Wanyama has been a colossus in midfield and his displays have drawn praise from all quarters, including Juventus's veteran playmaker Andrea Pirlo.

In this painting the royal favourite is a colossus, in total control of his horse as he rides into battle.

Save for a beautiful assist against France, in which he skipped around Bixente Lizarazu and put it on a plate for Angelo Charisteas, the former Leicester City man contributed little goal threat but was a colossus in midfield.

He would have cried.Lord Weinstock ran the General Electric Company GECC) for 33 years from 1963, taking over rivals to build a business that was a colossus in Britain, dominating the defence, power and electronics industries at home, though no great success on a global scale.

He was a colossus in the Ryder Cup and picked up titles and Orders of Merit for fun.

Strachan's team can scrap when they need to scrap - Charlie Mulgrew was a colossus in that regard - but they have another dimension and three or four players who can get them there.

It used to be a colossus in the U.S. automobile industry.

In a troubled season, he's been a colossus.

Crowned with whipped cream and almonds, it's a colossus, served in a big brandy snifter filled with vanilla ice cream and bananas, covered with hot fudge and lightly soaked in Kahlua, vodka and expresso.

If Lord Ashcroft is an influential man in Britain, in Belize he is a colossus.