whopping

Example Sentences

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Whopping great south-east Asian fruit being pulled hither and thither as vegetarians recognise its fibrous potential as an alternative to pork.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2017

Whopping increases over 1936 expected by other States: Pennsylvania, 462,000; Ohio, 238,000; Massachusetts, 260,000; New Jersey. 204,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whopping bond issues already filed or under consideration include $60,000,000 for Shell Union Oil; $65,000,000 for National Dairy Products; $90,000,000 for Pacific Gas & Electric; $70,000,000 for Virginian Railway; $92,000,000 for Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whopping groves of Sequoia gigantea help prepare you for the first glimpse of Yosemite Valley.

From Time Magazine Archive

No. Whopping big fortune, now teetering this way, and now teetering that, tipping over on the Hero at the last and smothering him in an avalanche of fifty-dollar bills?

From Back Home by Wood, Eugene