How to Use meteoric in a Sentence

meteoric

adjective
  • Niemann, ranked No. 40 in the world, is in the midst of a meteoric rise.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The 20-year-old’s rise to the top of the running world has been nothing short of meteoric.
    Taylor Dutch, SELF, 21 July 2022
  • None of the past challenges have curbed his meteoric rise.
    Aradhana Aravindan, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The Mamas & The Papas formed in 1965 and had meteoric hits.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • The headliner tonight is Goose, a band of five 30-somethings in the midst of a meteoric rise.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
  • The meteoric rise came thanks to the orders of vinyl records being shipped out to customers.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The stock market, which rose to meteoric highs in January, spent the rest of the year on rocky terrain.
    Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The former Buckeyes linebacker has made a meteoric rise to lead the Fighting Irish at the age of 36.
    Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Even with its meteoric rise and fall, X-Ray Spex was far from the end of Styrene’s journey as a creative.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2022
  • At the time, the company was in the midst of the kind of meteoric growth reflected by the industry as a whole.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Just like that, at the tender age of 26, his once-meteoric NFL career was over.
    Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The group had a meteoric rise to fame, becoming the first band to have its first four albums claim the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
  • And in this moment there’s no greater proof of that than the meteoric rise of Nextflix’s global hit, Supacell.
    Danielle Pointdujour, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2024
  • This year, Fat Bear Week seemed to reach meteoric global fame.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The criticism hasn’t stopped Shein’s meteoric rise among shoppers all over the world.
    Matthew Monks, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Like a hit song that rockets up the charts, USD has made a meteoric climb up the national rankings.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • In 2020, the pandemic led to the meteoric rise of cloud computing as people lived and worked from home.
    Quartz, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Since the actor’s arrest in March, the 34-year-old’s meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom has come to a halt.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The meteoric rise comes amid an ongoing bear market that has left most hedge funds in a bad spot.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 6 July 2022
  • Still, this humble artist isn’t letting his meteoric rise go to his head.
    Regina Kim, ELLE, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Shein’s meteoric rise in the past few years has not been free from controversy.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • No other streetwear brand has had more of a the meteoric rise and deep fashion influence than Supreme.
    Ashley W. Simpson, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
  • However, the rate hikes at the Fed -- which stretch back to last March -- fail to account for the meteoric rise of Treasury bond yields in recent months.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But the hype around the first of three American races in this year’s Formula 1 season also points to the meteoric rise of the league in the United States.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2023
  • Wheels Up Any private flier who has been watching the sector since the start of the pandemic has seen the meteoric rise of Wheels Up.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But the meteoric rise of omicron is showing signs of slowing.
    NBC News, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Here’s everything to know about Messi and his meteoric rise to fame.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Buckley will come into the matchup with Garry on a five-fight win streak and looking to make a meteoric rise to a title shot.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • After a meteoric rise in the late 2010s — as Beyond Meat and Impossible burgers went mainstream and Oatly became the it-milk of baristas and consumers alike — the sector has since faltered.
    Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024

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