Example sentences for: breathtaking

How can you use “breathtaking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The subtlety of the direction is breathtaking, with three moments standing out for me: the bursts of color exploding onto the screen during the opera sequence; the steadicam shot of Daniel Day Lewis entering the post-opera ball (with Joanne Woodward's sublime voice-over); and my favorite, one quick external shot of Pfeiffer's house, showing it seemingly in the middle of nowhere and saying more in a single shot about her social exclusion than other directors could achieve in three pages of dialogue.

  • The sheer variety and beauty are breathtaking.

  • Yes, the effects are first-rate, occasionally breathtaking.

  • The impact of the towering, modern buildings, made almost predominantly from glass, is breathtaking.

  • USAT 's stock-market story describes the Nasdaq's drop as "breathtaking" but goes on to note that it was "long overdue" and only the eighth-largest percentage drop in the index's history.


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