Example Sentences

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The ball patrons parade around the stage in spectacularly gaudy headdresses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The veteran litigator found herself in hot water after her efforts to broker a detente between Cipriani and Shell spectacularly backfired.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Efforts to turn Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk into a pop culture icon after his killing last September have backfired spectacularly, with online parodists meme-ifying his image.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The upper stage exploded spectacularly in the Indian Ocean.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

It used to erupt regularly and spectacularly to heights of three hundred feet, but in 1888 it just stopped.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson