vertiginous
Example Sentences
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To call the experience of seeing it vertiginous, dizzying, eye-opening and a bit frustrating would be an understatement.
Arguably the most significant development in efforts to curb climate change -- the vertiginous cost reductions of solar and wind power, batteries and electric vehicles -- was seeded long before Paris.
From Barron's
As Johnson puts it, “the vertiginous reality is that now, in the 2020s, we are once again living through the 1970s.”
From Los Angeles Times
One of the great theatrical speeches written in the last 25 years, this vertiginous paean to America’s pastime was no doubt a factor in O’Hare’s win.
From Los Angeles Times
The individual tiles and reinforcement bars create a striking impression of an enthralling and vertiginous centrifugal motion.
From Los Angeles Times
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