meteoric
Example Sentences
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The rock story of the year was the meteoric rise of the New York band Geese, and its album “Getting Killed” easily lived up to the hype.
The humble origin, the meteoric rise, the lavish excess and the contrition after the fall are recounted faithfully, with the result feeling — usually — like a Scorsese film without the wit or the sumptuous details.
From Los Angeles Times
Kinney, who provided a blurb to “New Kid” and hosted an early Craft appearance at his Plainville, Mass., bookstore, says Craft’s “rise as a children’s author has been meteoric, and it’s been so well-deserved.”
From Washington Post
Capaldi is the subject of the upcoming Netflix documentary “How I’m Feeling Now,” which debuts Wednesday and charts his meteoric rise and the ways it has triggered his anxiety and other health issues.
From Los Angeles Times
Players are able to share their daily score at the tap of a screen or button, an undoubted factor in the game's meteoric rise.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
