How to Use earthshaking in a Sentence

earthshaking

adjective

• Wucker's gray rhino is not an earthshaking event out of nowhere.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2020
• Had Asian demand kept to its historic trend, there would have been no massive glut and probably no earthshaking price collapse.
  — Michael Levi, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
• Supersonic planes are mounting a comeback—without that earthshaking boom.
  — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2018
• Barring some earthshaking revelation in the House managers' opening statement, not very.
  — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 22 Jan. 2020
• His early songs, released as Elvis Presley was shaking up the music scene, were a sort of comfort food, jaunty yet melodic and not too earthshaking.
  — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2021
• Of course, the answers are up to the individual reader and will vary based on things like family dynamics and how earthshaking the consequences of knowing might be.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
• Such attention is disorienting for the somewhat reclusive Lee, though not nearly as earthshaking as his first journey through the South.
  — Casey Gerald, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022
• That’s why, even at an event that prides itself on the earthshaking roar produced by countless Harleys, Downing’s ride was one of the biggest head-turners on Saturday.
  — Shawn Boburg, Washington Post, 27 May 2017
• That’s why, even at an event that prides itself on the earthshaking roar produced by countless Harleys, Downing’s ride was one of the biggest head-turners on Saturday.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 29 May 2017
• Nothing earthshaking happens in any of Brown’s videos -- at least, not in the first eight -- but fans appear to be tuning in, eager to find out more about Alabama Hannah.
  — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 17 Nov. 2020
• Try to separate them into categories, [deal with] the ones that are a little bit more easily addressable, [then] the ones that are more difficult to address, and [then] the ones that are truly earthshaking.
  — Christian Bourge, Popular Mechanics, 30 July 2013
• Fender’s Ten 5s distinguish themselves best when handling acoustic instruments and vocals, and the detail and airiness of their sound simply comes at the expense of earthshaking bass.
  — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 9 July 2019
• Something earthshaking has happened, but the first guest booked to talk about it has canceled, so Sanjay Gupta will be calling for an emergency Zoom chat in 30 minutes.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020
• The pacing, moreover, has actually been somewhat sluggish, as the cat-and-mouse game has unfolded and tested alliances with relatively few earthshaking developments.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 Dec. 2017
• The effect is shattering, creating a visceral immediacy that parachutes the viewer into that earthshaking moment, with no clear resolution in sight.
  — Jason Bailey, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
• As with the box discovered underneath the Lee statue, the results were disappointing, mostly photographs and documents of no earthshaking importance.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
• So this would not be a earthshaking, seismic occurrence for a special prosecutor to be appointed, in fact taking your record which is one of dedication to the credibility and integrity of our criminal justice process and your families.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 3 May 2017
• While the results of this reform commission will be less earthshaking than McGovern-Fraser, the new rules could end up prolonging the 2020 nominating contest.
  — Adam Hilton, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
• Few people alive today can fully appreciate the earthshaking importance of Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin.
  — Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2019