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staggering

(= astonishing, astounding, stupefying) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm such an enormous response was astonishing an astounding achievement the amount of money required was staggering suffered a staggering defeat the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying

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Simple sentences

The figures are staggering.
Blindness is responsible for a staggering toll of poor health, suffering, and loss of dignity and diminution in the quality of lives of people worldwide.
The difference is staggering.

Movie subtitles

Now that I come to think about it, it's staggering.
He left sick and staggering, carrying in his heart an unconquerable anguish.
You know, it's a bit staggering to see a girl take such an interest in politics.
I had an absolutely staggering one last year.
Don't start out to get blind, staggering, stinking, falling down drunk.
Nobody starts out to get blind, staggering, stinking, falling down drunk.
You're gonna wind up staggering into your bunk every night with your hip pockets dragging.
He went staggering up towards the woods saying he was gonna find his wife and drag her home if it killed him.
It's a staggering thundering petrifying spectacle.
As though I were Adam. staggering under the piled centuries. since paradise.
MR. COOPER, THE ONLY THING THEY'LL GET FOR THEIR PAIN IF THEY TRY TO BURN ME IS A STAGGERING BILL FOR ELECTRICITY.
Blind and staggering, they contemplate the terrestrial paradise.
Staggering.
It's staggering, but why?
Rather staggering, no doubt about that.
It's a staggering blow against your own country.
Look at that man staggering.
Staggering to the imagination and ravishing the sensibilities with tales of wealth, of gold and silver beyond dreams of avarice of stolen treasure, of maidens captive, of villages destroyed of cities decimated for a whim or a caress.
A little ship unnoticed in a big ocean battling and staggering under the fury of the elements.
Tappy. He went staggering up towards the woods saying he was gonna find his wife and drag her home if it killed him.
I feel old, Starbuck, and bowed. As though I were Adam. staggering under the piled centuries. since paradise.
Oh, darling! It's the most staggering gift.
He follows it up with a series of staggering rights and lefts.
He's staggering around Benghazi, you know, with this ugly, ugly broad.
This staggering old beast with cataracts is gonna be our salvation.
That staggering, his dying so quickly.
But all that evening, and next day, reports came in, one after another, of staggering losses, of the loss of half the army.
With every fiber of his being, Kutuzov sensed that the staggering blow dealt the enemy at Borodino, into which he and the entire Russian people had put their whole strength, must have been a mortal blow.
What do you mean, Spock? I mean, doctor, that we are faced with a staggering contradiction.
The concept is simply staggering, pointless but staggering.
The power pouring through that mind-meld must have been staggering.
The implications are staggering.
If there are any remaining fears, they stem only from the recognition of my own staggering insignificance.
Come staggering home.
And then you sock him when he's staggering' around blinded!

News and current affairs

The best evidence suggests that Americans watch more than five hours per day of television on average - a staggering amount, given that several hours more are spent in front of other video-streaming devices.
The effect has been staggering: aerospace manufacturing has almost disappeared from California, but is booming in Texas.
Finally, Russia has a staggering demographic problem, characterized by a shrinking population, life expectancy far below the advanced-country average, and a growing brain drain.
We can all agree that these sums are staggering.
The number of Chinese initiatives is staggering.
For a decade, the world has wondered when China's leaders will recognize the staggering environmental crisis confronting their country.
Staggering changes have already occurred.
With the world facing a serious water crisis, rapidly increasing global temperatures, staggering population growth, and growing health problems like coronary disease, this must change - and fast.
The unemployment rate, especially among disadvantaged groups - young people and women - is staggering.
Because of this, Americans can't afford to take even the minutest of chances with their ports - the consequences of error being too staggering to contemplate.
The most startling revelation in the report, however, is the staggering number of fish on which humans inflict these deaths.
Second, over the past 6-7 years, strong GDP growth in the US and Great Britain has been offset by staggering debt.
Yet the numbers are staggering: each month, some 40,000 Iraqis flee their homes because of the war.
A staggering number of countries have simply refused to help resolve the numerous conflicts plaguing the world, particularly in the greater Middle East.
The level of political corruption in America is staggering.
The catalytic and inspirational possibilities of events like the Olympics thus have a wider role to play, one that might just help prevent us from staggering and collapsing under the weight of our environmental degradation.
Given the staggering amount of programming needed to fill the time slots, content monitoring must be implemented with maximum efficiency.
The under-valued renminbi has also made China a major recipient of foreign direct investment, even leading the world in 2002 - a staggering achievement for a developing country.
The figures for the US are staggering.
Observers marvel that China's leaders admit to such a staggering number of protests.
The reversal of bank lending is staggering.

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