How to Use stratosphere in a Sentence

stratosphere

noun
  • And car prices are likely to stay in the stratosphere for longer.
    NBC News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Even the price of paper used for flour sacks has hit the stratosphere.
    Liz Alderman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • As much as some in the high legal stratosphere would like it to.
    Arkansas Online, 3 July 2023
  • The test saw a paraglider drop twice from a dozen miles high in the Earth’s stratosphere.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 Jan. 2023
  • And hurl it through the stratosphere, The time will come for the mind of man To turn to the heavens for its meat And its wine.
    Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022
  • The problem is Dobbs, Mullens, and Hall aren’t in the same stratosphere as Cousins.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024
  • There’s nothing quite like a Drake feature to take a song to the stratosphere.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 24 Oct. 2022
  • One of the joys of making GLOW was getting to sort of kick her out into the stratosphere.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Particles can stay in the stratosphere for months or years.
    Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 16 Dec. 2022
  • This move into the salary stratosphere didn’t start with Erik Spoelstra.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • All in all, the stage was set for luxury resale to boom into the stratosphere.
    Leah Bourne, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Researchers estimate the eruption raised the amount of water in the stratosphere by around 5%.
    Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The Mercury Prize could launch her own career into the stratosphere.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Depp, too, seems poised to jump into a new stratosphere of stardom.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Most go to zero while a tiny number shoot into the stratosphere.
    Greg Ip, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • What other reason might a large balloon be in the stratosphere?
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2023
  • That track, of course, was the one that eventually launched Spears into the pop stratosphere.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Momoa is aware that his career orbit is in that high stratosphere where his name is the green light for a project.
    Ben Court, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The amount of water launched in the stratosphere is equal to 10% of the water already present in the atmospheric layer.
    Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • But rather than being alone in his own stratosphere, Pulisic sees his teammates as equals.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The other big roadblock for this ambitious aerosol plan is getting it up in the stratosphere in the first place.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2022
  • That's nearly four times the amount of water vapor that reached the stratosphere after the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The win is the Clippers’ first over the Lakers’ this season, something that would matter if the teams were in the same standings stratosphere.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Get ready to launch your vacation plans into the stratosphere.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2022
  • That's because the polar vortex is a strong band of winter winds blowing ten to 30 miles up in the stratosphere, centered over the North Pole.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Top Gun that vaulted him into the box-office stratosphere.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2022
  • All those pet owners sent pet-store spending into the stratosphere.
    Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Bruce Lee was popular before this film, but this is what sent him into the stratosphere.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 28 Nov. 2022
  • How did the igloo smart padlocks that had traveled into the harsh stratosphere fare upon their return?
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The Warriors, by contrast, spent into the tax stratosphere for this title and appear poised to do the same going forward.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2022

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