How to Use whopping in a Sentence
whopping
adjective- The play was a whopping success.
- The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
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And, of course, the blooms: The park is home to a whopping 862 wildflower species.
— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2023 -
The show, which was up for a whopping 13 awards, would be crowned Best Play.
— Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 17 June 2024 -
That totals to a whopping $18 million at the end of the season.
— Maggie Horton, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023 -
The stock shed a whopping $430 billion in value over the course of just three days.
— Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 June 2024 -
The smartphone even has a longer battery life of up to a whopping 72 hours.
— Rudie Obias, Variety, 16 May 2024 -
And today, the queen frame is on sale for a whopping 70 percent off.
— Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Englert stayed in the game, pitched through the 10th inning and threw a whopping 46 pitches.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2023 -
At a whopping 70 percent off, now is clearly the right time to buy one.
— Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2024 -
Wear it with this leather tote bag that’s a whopping 50 percent off.
— Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024 -
And for all of that, Greenberg's group paid a whopping $4 million for the franchise.
— Chuck Murr, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 -
The running backs had a whopping 15 carries for 25 yards.
— Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023 -
The prize is a whopping $1.35 billion, the second largest prize in the game's history.
— Christopher Brito, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023 -
The extra six miles now means that Mammoth Cave is a whopping 426 miles long.
— Emily Deletter, The Courier-Journal, 14 Sep. 2022 -
And the chances that you’re impacted are high: A whopping 85% of the United States has hard water.
— Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024 -
This year, the fair hosted a whopping 53 brands up from 39 the pervious year.
— Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2024 -
It’s designed for in-ground pools and holds up to a whopping 4,000 pounds of weight, also known as its break strength.
— Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2022 -
With a whopping 27 tracks, the project gives listeners a lot to sink their teeth into.
— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Prices start at just $10 for my picks, with discounts up to a whopping 57 percent off.
— Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023 -
The set, which comes with four bath towels, is on sale for just $10 apiece — which is a whopping 49 percent off.
— Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023 -
This maxi dress is available in a whopping 32 colors and patterns, and all of them are on sale for $35.
— Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024 -
Williams-Sonoma shares are up a whopping 50% this year and nearly 13% this month.
— Pia Singh, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2024 -
UConn turned the ball over a whopping 25 times against Ohio State, and no way that happens if Bueckers is running the floor.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Choose from a whopping 27 colors, from bold cyan blue to classic dark brown.
— Rachel Simon, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2023 -
Eli Lilly sold a whopping $176 million of the weight loss drug Zepbound in just four weeks.
— Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024 -
But his assists were offset by 17 team turnovers, off of which the Rockets scored a whopping 33 points.
— Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2024 -
Overall, a whopping 53% hold at least one of these beliefs.
— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Zuckerberg is estimated to have paid a whopping $330 million for both yachts combined.
— Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024 -
While more workers are skipping their midday meals, a whopping 98% of those surveyed still believe a lunch break improves their job performance.
— Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
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