How to Use staggering in a Sentence

staggering

adjective

• The storm caused a staggering amount of damage.
• 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
• 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
• Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on, at a staggering cost.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• The premiere of the first half of Season 5 pulled in a staggering 17 million viewers.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• But all those computers burn staggering amounts of power—and make a lot of noise.
  — David Pogue, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024
• The verdict, though not its staggering amount, was inevitable.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• The scale of the threat is staggering, with over one-third of shark and ray species facing extinction due to overfishing alone.
  — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
• According to my spouse, the staggering amount of air traffic in Vegas means her private jet might not be able in land.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2024
• Do any kind of gambling, these numbers are staggering, right?
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
• In contrast to these staggering numbers, there have been only a few hundred TB deaths in the U.S. every year since the early 2000s.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
• The Powerball jackpot has climbed to a staggering $1.09 billion ahead of Wednesday's drawing, the fourth-largest prize in the game's history.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• The singer, still awed by the staggering success, attributes Hootie’s popularity to being out of step with the times.
  — Alan Light, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
• That means the annual cost of the Fed’s recent rate bumps is a staggering $36 billion in total, WalletHub said.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
• This is both a staggering feat for Swift and testament to how much higher volume vinyl is now versus a decade ago.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
• But the fire on Maui would steal at least 98 lives — a staggering number of mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, children.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• For a place that lost 90 percent of its wildlife population, the herd numbers are staggering.
  — Mary Holland, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2023
• The sum is staggering, but seems less so when compared to the revenue that Google earned from search advertising that same year: $146.4 billion.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
• The scale of this in situ production will be staggering if the colony is truly to be considered self-sufficient.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2023
• The story of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to arrive on U.S. shores, gives human dimension to those staggering statistics.
  — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
• The Big Maze covers a staggering 24 acres and is considered the longest in New England, according to the website.
  — Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
• Pearlman's story is hardly unique: Word spread fast that products from Drunk Elephant seemed to be at the top of a staggering amount of young girl's holiday wish lists in 2023.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2024
• The aerodynamic downforce needed to firmly plant the Roadster’s wheels on the road and maintain grip at that pace would have to be truly staggering.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
• Despite the Chiefs’ staggering victory, the team’s post-game conference was also all about Swift as reporters asked the players about her presence at the game.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Sep. 2023
• The difference between a monthly mortgage payment at 3% and one at 8% can be staggering.
  — Marley Jay, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
• The Twin Cities reached a staggering 92 degrees, which was their hottest October temperature to date.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• The scale of YouTube is staggering: over 4.6 billion views a day, far surpassing any other web platform or social media app.
  — Alex Winter, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
• Though reeling from their losses — the economic toll is staggering — many are vowing to rebuild.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• So says the return on investment has been staggering, and even after years of owning Magna-Tiles, her two kids occupy themselves for hours with them.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024