How to Use staggering in a Sentence

staggering

adjective

• The storm caused a staggering amount of damage.
• The longevity and strength of the heat in this part of the world is simply staggering.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 16 May 2022
• The short but scenic Wedge Hill Trail climbs the rocky slopes above for staggering views.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
• Putting the cost aside, the sheer waste of this many PCs being junked is staggering.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• The amount of oysters consumed in some places was staggering, the study found.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 3 May 2022
• Boasts one of the top goal scoring margins in the entire state at 65-4, a staggering stat.
  — Logan Stanley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
• In 1945, when the nation first emerged triumphant on the world stage, its might was staggering.
  — Daniel Bessner, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
• These days, a staggering range of creams, serums, masks, and peels exist for the same purpose.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024
• But how will the various loose ends be tied over the course of the series' staggering 90-minute swan song?
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 26 May 2023
• The clarity, heft and scale of the action is staggering.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• The amount of e-commerce software out there is staggering for both B2C and B2B.
  — Omari Rigg, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on, at a staggering cost.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 26 May 2023
• The ambition is staggering, and that’s not a bad thing.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
• The show was also a Top 10 TV show for Netflix in a staggering 81 countries around the world.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 10 May 2022
• The human cost of turning away from those in need is staggering.
  — Chris Shue, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
• The scale of the loss is staggering, and beyond all accounting.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
• If the volume was staggering, so, too, was the quality of it all.
  — Robin Muir, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2022
• The premiere of the first half of Season 5 pulled in a staggering 17 million viewers.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• In just a single day, a staggering $42 billion streamed out of SVB on March 9.
  — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
• As a result, Europe has stumbled along for years and is now staggering, thanks, in part, to the VAT.
  — WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
• All of this amounts to a staggering amount of money and raises the question of how Crypto.com is paying for all this.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2022
• The sheer quantity of works that fetched more than $20 million—a third of the 60 lots, to be precise—was staggering.
  — Katya Kazakina, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
• So Haslam authorized the trade for Watson in March, even though the cost was staggering.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022
• But if Democrats needed a staggering amount of luck to have a chance, since the latter half of June, luck has broken their way.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
• Feds seize 'staggering' amount of fake Adderall pills laced with meth.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
• But all those computers burn staggering amounts of power—and make a lot of noise.
  — David Pogue, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024
• If Musk has his way, Thursdays flight test would be just the first of a staggering 25 Starship launches this year.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
• The list of legendary artists Ray has performed with and written for is staggering and people don’t know this side of him.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 May 2022
• On the flip side, robots have done an admirable job of closing that gap with staggering speed.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2024
• Evans made a pair of layups – one from a staggering angle and one high off the glass – over the next two minutes and Hawaii never got closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
  — Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 16 Feb 2025