How to Use spectacle in a Sentence

spectacle

noun
  • He peered through his spectacles.
  • Here are the best places and times to catch the spectacle.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The rides, the food, the concerts, the exhibits — the state fair is a once-a-year spectacle.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2024
  • As a spectacle, there is the gasp at a ball in a speed of sound blur.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The parades won’t be the end of this year’s sky spectacles.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
  • For those of you who've been unable to keep up with the rolling spectacle, here's the gist.
    Holly Thomas, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Those who did tune in were faced with a spectacle painful to watch.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
  • The spectacle is fired to order and takes 45 minutes to get to the table.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Crowds of people lined the cliffs to watch the surfing spectacle.
    Sergio Olmos, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Shohei Ohtani will be a spectacle at the center of the Dodgers’ daily saga.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Little in sports can compare with the scale and spectacle of the World Cup.
    Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
  • That is all Jolly asked you to do in his spectacle: to see.
    Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • At the heart of the spectacle were the bride, 36, and groom, 53, whose happiness was on display on land and sea.
    Elizabeth Leonard, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In a matter of seconds, the spectacle turned to blood sport.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • And the spectacle would linger long enough for everyone to see.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
  • Her dancers follow from the ground like apostles, and the crowd takes in the entire spectacle with an air of awe.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The mere sight of the spectacle finds neighbors asking for a balloon of their own.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The Josh fight wasn't just a spectacle for Nebraskans and those who watched online.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 May 2023
  • Locals of all ages throng the lakefront, gawping at the spectacle of it all.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024
  • His players, by contrast, basked in the spectacle of it all.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • Though the spectacles were the right size for Franks, his father said the child never wore glasses.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • Just as the sailor lights up a cigarette to go with the spectacle, a blaze erupts between the vessels.
    Amanda Forbis, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The event is sure to be a spectacle and Trump himself plans a news conference that evening.
    Del Quentin Wilber, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The end of the year should be a football (soccer) spectacle, as the 2022 World Cup is underway in Qatar.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Form and content marry here in the perfect union of art and spectacle.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
  • For Black creators, where is the line between art and spectacle?
    WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Just about 25 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip is a different kind of spectacle.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2024
  • If Kelce wants to remain in his fun fashion era, let him—and enjoy the spectacle.
    Nick Remsen, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Although watching the parade has been a family custom for decades, there are other things many may not know about the holiday spectacle.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The photographer has captured the spectacle almost every year since, missing the parade just twice in over a quarter of a century.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024

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