Then, too, there is the sheer vastness of even interplanetary reaches.

This predicament - in which the landscape's sheer vastness overwhelms its residents - has always captivated American writers.

Work-days last 18 hours, and the sheer vastness of the landscape insures a certain isolation.

Space, as you say, is against us; its sheer vastness makes communication difficult, let alone control-I did not know you were a phil-osopher, Captain.

Perhaps the sheer vastness of the ship.

The exploration of space is no easy task due to the sheer vastness of it.

I was impressed at the sheer vastness of the environments in the latter half of the game (contrasted with Portal's much more claustrophobic feel).

He walked slowly toward the buildings and as he came closer to them he realized for the first time the sheer vastness of them.

For one thing, there is the sheer vastness of the system.

But once you stepped into the lift, the sudden sheer vastness of the Well took you by surprise.