dizzy
adjective
having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
were dizzying
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past progressiveof dizzy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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For Trey and other students at the prestigious prep school, the speed and the scale of the loss were dizzying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
I was solidly in the backcountry now, my car dwarfed by mountains that were dizzying, elegant and layered with history.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Amid the social convulsions, advances in technology were dizzying.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2020
But to Segal, the possibilities were dizzying, unique.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2015
Lines of type were dizzying, the eye having to move slowly across the page, then down, and across...
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
