spectacle
Example Sentences
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The influx of spectators has turned a quiet mid-size city, popular with retirees, into a global media spectacle.
From BBC
But much like Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” she’s not trying to retell this famous tale; she’s reimagining it as the outsized, grand spectacle it has become in both public consciousness and personal affection.
From Salon
When it unravels like that, the whole spectacle starts to feel pretty cruel.
The awkward spectacle in which he apologized for betraying an unnamed girlfriend transfixed the nation—then the entire world.
North Korea is yet to set a firm date for the start of the congress, aside from confirming the days-long spectacle will start sometime in "late February".
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
