giddy
adjective
affected with vertigo; dizzy.
giddying
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present participleof giddy.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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By inverting the perspective, Mr. Daoud shifts the focus from the absurdity of Meursault’s act in the giddying sunlight to the blindness of the colonial mind-set.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
The reversal of fortunes for the island nation’s most powerful politician for decades has been giddying.
From Reuters ● May 12, 2022
Nobody who saw “Something Wild,” in 1986, can ever forget the giddying swerve of the plot.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 29, 2017
But within them lies the revolution’s threat, and its living, giddying possibilities.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2016
Geologists, as McPhee has noted, found themselves in the giddying position that "the whole earth suddenly made sense."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
