staggering
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- staggeringly adverb
- unstaggering adjective
Etymology
Origin of staggering
Example Sentences
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He was planning to go home when he was approached by a Russian man with an alluring offer: work as a restaurant cook for the equivalent of $5,200 a month—a staggering enticement.
Robotics startups have raised staggering amounts of capital quickly, long before they have developed a commercial product.
It’s a staggering portrait of a woman who can’t escape her detractors or the personal trauma that triggered her vow of celibacy.
From Los Angeles Times
Shelter—housing, rent and hotels—makes up a staggering 45% of the core CPI.
In a staggering contest of 13 tries and 90 points, Gregor Townsend's men were astonishing in every way until a madcap endgame that saw France run in a battery of tries.
From BBC
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