How to Use earthshaking in a Sentence

earthshaking

adjective
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  • Which may not seem like an earthshaking sum of money over a decade and a half.
    — Deborah Vankinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Wucker's gray rhino is not an earthshaking event out of nowhere.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2020
  • The convergence is a reminder of just how earthshaking #MeToo was for Hollywood.
    — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Like others in his line of work, Paul said March 2020 was an earthshaking development: the moment live performance screeched to a halt.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2021
  • In the grand scheme of things, the rather overhyped opening of this modest tomb in Draa Abu Al-Naga doesn't really reveal anything earthshaking.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Nothing earthshaking happens in any of Brown’s videos -- at least, not in the first eight -- but fans appear to be tuning in, eager to find out more about Alabama Hannah.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 17 Nov. 2020
  • That’s why, even at an event that prides itself on the earthshaking roar produced by countless Harleys, Downing’s ride was one of the biggest head-turners on Saturday.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 29 May 2017
  • His early songs, released as Elvis Presley was shaking up the music scene, were a sort of comfort food, jaunty yet melodic and not too earthshaking.
    — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Something earthshaking has happened, but the first guest booked to talk about it has canceled, so Sanjay Gupta will be calling for an emergency Zoom chat in 30 minutes.
    — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Such attention is disorienting for the somewhat reclusive Lee, though not nearly as earthshaking as his first journey through the South.
    — Casey Gerald, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Of course, the answers are up to the individual reader and will vary based on things like family dynamics and how earthshaking the consequences of knowing might be.
    — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Try to separate them into categories, [deal with] the ones that are a little bit more easily addressable, [then] the ones that are more difficult to address, and [then] the ones that are truly earthshaking.
    — Christian Bourge, Popular Mechanics, 30 July 2013
  • Fender’s Ten 5s distinguish themselves best when handling acoustic instruments and vocals, and the detail and airiness of their sound simply comes at the expense of earthshaking bass.
    — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 9 July 2019
  • The scandal over the fund gripped Malaysia and ultimately led to the election victory of an opposition bloc led by the 92-year-old Mr. Mahathir on May 9, an earthshaking event in a country that had been governed by a single coalition for decades.
    — Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • Djokovic then obliterated Nadal, a nine-time champion, in the quarterfinals last year only to lose the big one, in an earthshaking upset, to Stan Wawrinka, who was in a state of unanticipated grace.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 18 May 2016
  • Likewise, the current data do not yet reflect the anticipated effects of the earthshaking Supreme Court decision issued in June.
    — Stephanie Ebbert, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022
  • While the results of this reform commission will be less earthshaking than McGovern-Fraser, the new rules could end up prolonging the 2020 nominating contest.
    — Adam Hilton, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Barring some earthshaking revelation in the House managers' opening statement, not very.
    — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Supersonic planes are mounting a comeback—without that earthshaking boom.
    — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2018
  • As with the box discovered underneath the Lee statue, the results were disappointing, mostly photographs and documents of no earthshaking importance.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The pacing, moreover, has actually been somewhat sluggish, as the cat-and-mouse game has unfolded and tested alliances with relatively few earthshaking developments.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 Dec. 2017
  • So this would not be a earthshaking, seismic occurrence for a special prosecutor to be appointed, in fact taking your record which is one of dedication to the credibility and integrity of our criminal justice process and your families.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 3 May 2017
  • The effect is shattering, creating a visceral immediacy that parachutes the viewer into that earthshaking moment, with no clear resolution in sight.
    — Jason Bailey, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
  • In a normal administration, the changing of a communications director would hardly constitute earthshaking news, but Hicks played an unusually weighty role in Trump’s inner circle.
    — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2018

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