extraordinary

Example Sentences

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Michelle Foa said her mother had “this extraordinary personality that was intensely energetic.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The interview Verstappen gave on Sunday was extraordinary.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Among its more impressive features are an extraordinary great room with a 30-foot ceiling, as well as an expansive primary suite that boasts a sitting room, balcony, enormous walk-in closet, and two bathrooms.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

"The purchases were undertaken strictly out of extreme necessity as an extraordinary emergency measure in response to unprecedented geopolitical and supply-chain disruptions and only after exhausting all commercially and operationally viable alternatives," the report reads.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

It is an extraordinary story, a tale of what began as a rescue mission requiring a rescue of its own.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler