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.—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 See All Example Sentences for whopping
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