humdinger

Example Sentences

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Early voting began this week in Texas’s humdinger of a Senate primary, where the intrigue is what isn’t happening on the Democratic side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

There’s one idea that could really transform this plan and make it a humdinger that most people could support.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

"Sometimes I take a deep breath because I know this one will be a humdinger, but that also energizes me."

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2023

A movie that spends much of its time at a funeral home, a morgue and a grave site is unlikely to be a bundle of fun, but “Raymond & Ray” is a humdinger of hopelessness.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

“It was a humdinger all right,” Daisy said.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls