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vertiginous

adjective as in dizzying

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As Johnson puts it, “the vertiginous reality is that now, in the 2020s, we are once again living through the 1970s.”

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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.

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The individual tiles and reinforcement bars create a striking impression of an enthralling and vertiginous centrifugal motion.

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“Floor Scrapers,” a personal favorite, assumes an intimate vantage point of looking down toward the workmen’s vigorous labor, which results in a floor that appears vertiginously tilted up.

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There’s the satisfying meat and potatoes of exploration at Castle Ensis, with vertiginous balustrades and winding ramparts that cross over and under themselves in impossible architectural configurations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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