leviathan

[US]/lɪ'vaɪəθ(ə)n/
[UK]/lə'vaɪəθən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. sea monster; gigantic creature
adj. extremely large and powerful

Example Sentences

the great leviathans of the deep.

The Leviathan of the sea is the blue whale, the largest animal on Earth.

The company is a corporate leviathan, dominating the industry with its size and influence.

The political party has become a leviathan, controlling every aspect of government.

The leviathan of bureaucracy can often hinder progress and innovation.

In mythology, the leviathan is often portrayed as a massive sea monster.

The financial institution is a leviathan in the banking industry, with assets spanning the globe.

The novel explores the concept of a technological leviathan that controls society through surveillance.

The military is often seen as a leviathan, with immense power and resources at its disposal.

The rise of social media has created a digital leviathan that influences public opinion and behavior.

The corporation has grown into a leviathan, with branches in every major city around the world.

Real-world Examples

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

These leviathans are making a journey to nesting sites they've used for generations.

Source: Discovery Channel: Battle of the Dinosaurs

Yet a report published on September 4th, The Destruction of HM Treasury, says Whitehall's leviathan should count its days.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Up to 18 meters long, these mighty leviathans are powerful animals and they won't go down without a fight.

Source: Human Planet

This leviathan struck terror in the  hearts of mammals for millions of years.

Source: Animal Logic

He believed in it as certain pious women believe in the leviathan from the Book of Job-out of faith, not reason.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

A new study finds evidence that about 47,000 years ago, humans helped to wipe out this avian leviathan by collecting and cooking its eggs.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation February 2016

" A wolf is not a kraken, " Victarion objected. " What the kraken grasps it does not lose, be it longship or leviathan" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

Around us Times Square was blinding and dizzying, a glittering neon circus, its leviathan images looming down at me with impossible brightness.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

Over the past few months, in areas from deposit insurance to emergency lending to regulation of asset quality, leviathan has grown ever more dominant.

Source: Economist Finance and economics

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