smash hit
Example Sentences
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The show - about a teenager living a double-life as a pop singer - was a smash hit and made an international celebrity of its star, Miley Cyrus.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The movie’s smash hit, “Golden,” is up for original song later in the night.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
This time around, Song of the Year -- which honors songwriting -- is a crowded category that includes Carpenter's "Manchild" and "Golden" from the Netflix animated smash hit "KPop Demon Hunters."
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
The biggest addition, of course, is the conclusion of the smash hit sci-fi thriller “Stranger Things.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 30, 2025
In March an oddly appropriate movie had come out and quickly become a smash hit: King Kong.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.