vertiginous

Example Sentences

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For a vertiginous moment, he balances on the parapet, the dark waters swirling below.

From New York Times

React how you like to these vertiginous prices for rising stars — though remember, the young artists don’t get a cut of auction flips.

From New York Times

At a recent launch event in Johannesburg for "The Real Housewives of Lagos", the show's stars sported vertiginous hairstyles, tight-fitting evening gowns and eye-popping nail extensions as they posed for photographs on the red carpet.

From Reuters

In the dusk we wound around the vertiginous mountainside while the sun set over the sea and over the obscure blue forms of other, uninhabited islands.

From New York Times

Billel had starry-eyed aspirations to exploit Constantine’s vertiginous surroundings, transforming it into a locus for adventure sports.

From Washington Post