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
Still watching Kenny McLean's humdinger of a goal from the halfway line?
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
"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
“Ay, hey there! Hoo-wee, I bet dis a humdinger of a lecture if it can get old Jelly Belly out of city hall. Dey ain’t serving food, is dey?”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.