How to Use vertigo in a Sentence

vertigo

noun
Definition of vertigonext
  • Not a good idea as a pang of vertigo stops me on my tracks.
    — Alireza Hajihosseini, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Lue last missed a game in March due to vertigo and Drew filled in for him.
    — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Be prepared for a bit of vertigo and being on the edge of your seat.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2021
  • To the c-section, the vertigo for 8 months, the breastfeeding, the late sleepless nights to the greasy hair, and the giggles ...
    — Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Marshall had left the game for a stint, due to symptoms of vertigo.
    — Ryan Kartje, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2017
  • Senzel has been plagued my migraines and bouts of vertigo in the past.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2019
  • Those prone to vertigo should be ready to cover their eyes.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 5 Dec. 2018
  • The height of that perch induced a feeling like vertigo.
    — Simon Shuster, Time, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The merry-go-round has spun fast enough at times to give an entire city vertigo.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Pau Gasol came down with vertigo and Chris Kaman’s injured calf kept him on the bench.
    — John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • No waves of vertigo struck when Delahunt moved his head.
    — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The change in pressure can cause pain, vertigo, headache and nausea and in some rare cases may impact the judgment of jumpers.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2023
  • Aguek Arop sat out Thursday when his vertigo flared up.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Just staring at his workplace gave me a sense of vertigo and unease.
    — 1843, 22 Nov. 2019
  • According to Lana, Steve had come down with a bout of vertigo three days prior.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Massie, 31, missed one game last season with a minor case of vertigo and then a high ankle sprain put him on the shelf for the final five weeks of the season.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The worst part was having an episode of severe vertigo with nausea that lasted for nine days.
    — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Hikers who get vertigo standing on a welcome mat can still enjoy a hike on the Goat Trail.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Thinking too deeply about such things can bring on a sort of vertigo, a feeling of centuries dropping away.
    — Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The South Bowl was socked in thick, triggering vertigo that left me touching the ground for direction.
    — Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Whipping my head about, only induced the faintest hint of vertigo.
    — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 12 May 2017
  • The light-headedness may come with a touch of vertigo, causing the world to tilt around you, or even bring on feelings of sudden elation.
    — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Ongais slows to a crawl on the vertigo-inducing rise that follows the dogleg left up to the rock-'em-sock-'em mineshaft plummet to the right.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 10 June 2020
  • The vertigo isn’t expected to be an issue in the future, according to a source.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, Cincinnati.com, 3 Sep. 2017
  • In all, about one-quarter of people exposed to strobes feel what's called the Bucha Effect or flicker vertigo.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Readers of his book may find themselves in a similar state of moral vertigo.
    — T.j. English, WSJ, 6 June 2021
  • One potential juror who has vertigo sat down and couldn’t get back up.
    — Victoria Ballard, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The decor has a funky, Old Hollywood vibe (think gilded crown molding), and its rows of theater seats climb high enough to induce near-vertigo way up in the back.
    — Emma Krupp, RedEye Chicago, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Use different sizes of stripes on walls to prevent a visual vertigo effect when looking at them.
    — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2024
  • For example, a fracture to the thin bone in that region of the skull, an epidural hematoma (or bleeding between the skull and the brain) and damage to the bones of the inner ear, which can result in hearing loss, vertigo or dizziness.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 18 July 2024

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