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vertiginous

adjective as in dizzying

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As Johnson puts it, “the vertiginous reality is that now, in the 2020s, we are once again living through the 1970s.”

One of the great theatrical speeches written in the last 25 years, this vertiginous paean to America’s pastime was no doubt a factor in O’Hare’s win.

The individual tiles and reinforcement bars create a striking impression of an enthralling and vertiginous centrifugal motion.

“Floor Scrapers,” a personal favorite, assumes an intimate vantage point of looking down toward the workmen’s vigorous labor, which results in a floor that appears vertiginously tilted up.

There’s the satisfying meat and potatoes of exploration at Castle Ensis, with vertiginous balustrades and winding ramparts that cross over and under themselves in impossible architectural configurations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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