vertiginous

Example Sentences

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For a vertiginous moment, he balances on the parapet, the dark waters swirling below.

From New York Times

But Golden injects vertiginous nausea into Kusama’s gaga wonderment, which complicates the experience.

From Los Angeles Times

There was this sense that there were no limits in American policy — it was very vertiginous, almost dizzying,” Hockett said.

From Washington Post

“Originally, I painted right on the streets, trying to get some of the kind of drama I felt about the city and its vertiginous character,” Mr. Thiebaud told the “NewsHour.”

From Washington Post

A seemingly unified nation would confront its original sin, endure all kinds of vertiginous changes and never quite recover.

From New York Times