spectacles
Example Sentences
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But the British Isles have "astonishing scenery" and "extraordinary animal dramas and wildlife spectacles to match anything I have seen on my global travels", he said.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
By the 1870s his work—often passively comfortable with the standard paysage, or horizontal format, and entranced by distant spectacles like sunsets or mountaintops—began to seem sedate to serious viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
He has a long history of turning personal grievances into public spectacles.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026
Commissions have changed over the years, allowing modern visionaries — art houses and creatives from across the globe — to showcase grand spectacles.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Aunt Spiker, on the other hand, was lean and tall and bony, and she wore steel-rimmed spectacles that fixed onto the end of her nose with a clip.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing spectacles
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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