Example sentences for: staggering

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

  • "The amount of money is staggering," he says.

  • The litany of show-business and upper-crust names in the book is staggering.

  • The whole area is a place of staggering proportions: there are over 200 species of native trees.

  • Sul­­tan Abdül Hamid II (1876–1909) tried to apply absolute rule to an empire staggering under a crushing foreign debt, with a fragmented population of hostile people, and succeeded only in creating ill will and dissatisfaction amongst the younger generation of educated Turks.

  • The number of items complicating talks with the Palestinians is staggering: left-over commitments from previous agreements; questions of compliance and reciprocity; a volatile Palestinian population, which can easily be incited to violent disorders; a still-intact Hamas terrorism infrastructure; and, of course, difficult talks on the future of Jerusalem, settlements, borders, and the outlines of a Palestinian entity," the paper said gloomily.


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