stagger
Example Sentences
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He described the €150bn they say they will spend on defence as "a staggering amount".
From BBC
At the end of his statement, Vesia put his fist over his heart, wobbled for a second, and it looked like he was going to faint before he staggered away.
From Los Angeles Times
“When names like C.H. Robinson are dropping billions of dollars of market cap, it’s quite staggering,” he said.
Meanwhile, the latest EIA report showed U.S. crude oil stocks rose by a staggering 8.5 million barrels last week as production recovered from winter storm disruptions and imports rose.
At this memory, another flood of homesickness staggers me.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
