How to Use vertiginous in a Sentence

vertiginous

adjective
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  • The stakes here, the film screams at you, are vertiginous.
    — Catherine Bray, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The Sandman' is complex to the point of labyrinthine, non-linear to the point of vertiginous.
    — Michael Schaub, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • The bridge wobbles a bit with each step and has vertiginous canyon views.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2021
  • The shift is a call for Black people to take up space in the world, which doubles as a wink at his own vertiginous climb.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The vertiginous slopes and sea cliffs of this five-square-mile island in the Caribbean don't leave much space to land a plane.
    — Nicola Chilton, CNN, 8 July 2022
  • The ski school is top-notch, with optional outings to the vertiginous South Chutes if the kiddos are up for it.
    — Katie Arnold, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The loop follows the Mesa’s spine, with huge panoramas and, at certain points, vertiginous drop-offs.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Sep. 2022
  • That seems to be the case with General Electric (GE), which has had a vertiginous fall.
    — The Economist, 27 Jan. 2018
  • The past couple of decades have brought two fast bulls: vertiginous surges in share prices, neither lasting more than a year.
    — The Economist, 7 July 2020
  • Overnight success isn’t new, but Hoyeon’s vertiginous climb feels of the moment.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2022
  • At the bottom of a vertiginous gorge, the time comes for the shooting contest, which his father also used to propose to his guests.
    — Bernard-Henri Lévy, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
  • But then, just as vertiginous as its ascent, came its fall.
    — The Economist, 23 Feb. 2018
  • But for the people working in the genre, the sudden crush of attention and esteem has been vertiginous.
    — Yi-Ling Liu, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021
  • But then, even more vertiginous than its ascent, came its fall.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The falls in the pound, though, were contained, a far cry from the vertiginous falls that sterling experienced in the aftermath of the 2016 Brexit vote.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 9 July 2018
  • Rick Owens is no stranger to statement shoes — his vertiginous Kiss platforms have become a cult item.
    — Samantha Tse, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The Oliver House, a few streets over, contains what might be the world’s most vertiginous breakfast nook, hanging over the yard at a diagonal to the street.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • A study published this month found that vertiginous Summit County has the lowest rate of death from any type of cancer in the United States.
    — John Ingold, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2017
  • The six-bedroom, six-bathroom home is reachable by a vertiginous road.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 16 May 2018
  • Any or all of this might be threatening or vertiginous or worse, but none of it suggests stuckness.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022
  • How many times can Mann freak out the audience by cutting to a vertiginous shot of the unfolding crisis?
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The black and white rug is not merely striped, it’s patterned with vertiginous concentric squares.
    — Kristen Bateman, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2021
  • In the post-housebound era, if casual toggery becomes the norm for work, will underwire bras go the way of ties, suits and vertiginous heels?
    — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
  • That, at least, was the message markets sent Costco this week, as the bulk retailer’s stock took a vertiginous 12.7% drop in the week leading up to Friday’s close.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 24 June 2017
  • The last leg up is a vertiginous cable ladder on the mountain’s slick granite backside.
    — Joe Yogerst, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Located off of a vertiginous road on the crest of a hill above West Hollywood, the house has some pretty staggering views.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Chinese exports held up well in 2018 partly thanks to a vertiginous drop in the currency.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2019
  • In the years that followed, the investigation would take vertiginous twists and turns.
    — Shaila Dewan Madeleine Hordinski, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • At its core, my unease comes from the inescapable notion that the internet has imposed its vertiginous scale on some of the most personal elements of my life.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The vertiginous silhouette — though difficult to pull off — was so nice, Hüller essentially wore it twice.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024

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