Examples of whopping in a Sentence
The play was a whopping success.
The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
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Over the long haul, however, SpaceX plans to rely on an even bigger and more powerful Starship — one that stands a whopping 466 feet (142 m) tall and sports 42 Raptors instead of the current 39.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Dawson's pumpkin weighed a whopping 2,346 lbs and appeared to be the size of a small couch.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
The film, starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Megan Charpentier and exec produced by del Toro, grossed a whopping $146 million off $15 million in production costs.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
The disaster film stayed at the top for a whopping 15 weeks, eventually earning the title of the highest-grossing film of all time.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Dawson's pumpkin weighed a whopping 2,346 lbs and appeared to be the size of a small couch.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
The film, starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Megan Charpentier and exec produced by del Toro, grossed a whopping $146 million off $15 million in production costs.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
The disaster film stayed at the top for a whopping 15 weeks, eventually earning the title of the highest-grossing film of all time.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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whopping
adjective
whop·ping
ˈhwäp-iŋ 
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
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