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

Of course, it'll be a real humdinger if he's able to win two consecutive seasons and his talent stands for itself, but it sometimes feels like his dominance is . . . dry?

From Salon • May 19, 2023

The past few episodes have been preparing us for a real humdinger of a ceremony, which is currently either going to be Marcia’s “three-day grief-a-thon” or Connor’s “tight 90.”

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

She was ready to spend all the time it took to help her son, Levi, build a humdinger of a car to race in the peninsula’s 1960 soap box derby.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly