spectacle
Example Sentences
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Look, if you can’t resist soaking up at least a little of the grandiose spectacle — either despite the awfulness of the larger meta-narrative or because of it — I won’t tell.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Mixing languid conversations with pop spectacle, Lowery finds a middle ground that looks altogether human, with every impulse, bad and good, opening another door to the truth.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Every four years, soccer fans around the globe go berserk over the World Cup, but in host cities like Los Angeles, the worldwide spectacle feels bittersweet and financially out of reach.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
A Knicks game is as much a celebrity spectacle as it is a basketball event.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
But the children soon came back, unable to resist the scene of such a spectacle.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing spectacle
Party Parlance for Mardi Gras
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Common Senses: Spec, Spect, Spic ("Look")
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Chains
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