Sentence examples for once prodigious from inspiring English sources

She gradually lets go of her once prodigious reading.

The hosts: Ms. Leibovitz and JAY McINERNEY, the writer whose bad boy doings were once prodigious.

The mayor did not die for another three years, but he was depleted of his once prodigious energy and abandoned his ambitious plan.

In recent years, but especially on this album, he's become the least quotable great rapper, with lines that land harder more because of his voice than because of his wit, which was once prodigious.

He was venturing out to see with his own eyes if the once-prodigious herds of bison were indeed tragically thinned by constant recreational hunting, mining, town settlement and other man-made indicators of progress.

Once her prodigious gift was recognised, she broke with her mother and her home town, took a renowned musician and then a canny manager as lovers, and sought out the musicians she admired most, to help develop her talent.

This means you'll be able find favorites by name or characteristics, a feat that once require prodigious amounts of data entry.

In parts misshapen and unwieldy, but always surprising and deeply authentic, The Homesman confirms Jones's gifts as a director, both of actors and spectacle, and reiterates, once again, his prodigious gifts as an actor.

(Once again he incorporates prodigious historical research).

Octavia Spencer, a Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner, once again proves her prodigious gift.

I suspect that many, many writers have found themselves dealing with characters they have created who are waiting for something to happen, something "magic" (Naipaul) or something "momentous" (me) or something "prodigious" (James) that once recognized would change everything.