How to Use staggering in a Sentence

staggering

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  • The storm caused a staggering amount of damage.
  • The longevity and strength of the heat in this part of the world is simply staggering.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 16 May 2022
  • The scale of losses from the war in Ukraine is staggering.
    — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The short but scenic Wedge Hill Trail climbs the rocky slopes above for staggering views.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
  • Putting the cost aside, the sheer waste of this many PCs being junked is staggering.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The amount of oysters consumed in some places was staggering, the study found.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 May 2022
  • The money at stake is staggering: At least $9 billion for a decade of work at the two sites.
    — Annabella Farmer, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Boasts one of the top goal scoring margins in the entire state at 65-4, a staggering stat.
    — Logan Stanley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In 1945, when the nation first emerged triumphant on the world stage, its might was staggering.
    — Daniel Bessner, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • These days, a staggering range of creams, serums, masks, and peels exist for the same purpose.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But how will the various loose ends be tied over the course of the series' staggering 90-minute swan song?
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
  • The clarity, heft and scale of the action is staggering.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The amount of e-commerce software out there is staggering for both B2C and B2B.
    — Omari Rigg, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on, at a staggering cost.
    — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • The ambition is staggering, and that’s not a bad thing.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The show was also a Top 10 TV show for Netflix in a staggering 81 countries around the world.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 10 May 2022
  • The human cost of turning away from those in need is staggering.
    — Chris Shue, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The scale of the loss is staggering, and beyond all accounting.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • If the volume was staggering, so, too, was the quality of it all.
    — Robin Muir, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The premiere of the first half of Season 5 pulled in a staggering 17 million viewers.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In just a single day, a staggering $42 billion streamed out of SVB on March 9.
    — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • As a result, Europe has stumbled along for years and is now staggering, thanks, in part, to the VAT.
    — WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The exodus is staggering: More than 1 million Ukrainian refugees in the first week of the war.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2022
  • All of this amounts to a staggering amount of money and raises the question of how Crypto.com is paying for all this.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The sheer quantity of works that fetched more than $20 million—a third of the 60 lots, to be precise—was staggering.
    — Katya Kazakina, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • So Haslam authorized the trade for Watson in March, even though the cost was staggering.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022
  • But if Democrats needed a staggering amount of luck to have a chance, since the latter half of June, luck has broken their way.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Feds seize 'staggering' amount of fake Adderall pills laced with meth.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
  • But all those computers burn staggering amounts of power—and make a lot of noise.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Miami has played only three games since the All-Star break ended, but its inefficiency on wide-open shot attempts has been staggering.
    — James Jackson, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025

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