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Synonym: displayexhibitionpageantshowsightSimilar words: spectacularobstacleaspectsuspectspectrumprospectinspectorintrospectMeaning: ['spektəkl]  n. 1. something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight) 2. an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale 3. a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself. 
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(61) Four years in the making, the film is a jaw-dropping spectacle, with one bravura sequence topping the one before.
(62) Although the spectacle had macabre entertainment value, a fundamental question got buried in the slime: Did Carey finagle the books?
(63) His pain, a round, red, throbbing presence, sat beside him at the window enjoying the spectacle.
(64) Gracey and Cedile, appalled by the spectacle that they them-selves had inspired, pleaded for calm.
(65) The site manager himself, assisted by a worker, was pulling the rope and enjoying the spectacle thoroughly.
(66) Special events can be planned well in advance, and the game itself becomes more of a spectacle.
(67) However, it was obvious that she was intent on making a spectacle of herself.
(68) It was a strange sight: a blind man at a spectacle.
(69) There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves. Thomas Wolfe 
(70) The spectacle that confronted him was so overwhelming that he all but stumbled in alarm before the policeman caught and steadied him.
(71) They court death and we enjoy the spectacle so we reward them for it.
(72) But both the production and Fiennes rise superbly to the spectacle of Edward's decline.
(73) There violent death is spectacle; one has the sense of killing but not of dying.
(74) What we witness is not an aesthetic spectacle bringing with it the catharsis which the ritual of the theater can produce.
(75) Each spectacle lens then filters one image out,(www.Sentencedict.com) based on its color or polarity.
(76) The result was a mutually-degrading spectacle that fed our appetite for making others look stupid.
(77) Ginsburg has seen the Super Bowl transformed from a football game in 1967 to a full-blown media spectacle today.
(78) But after the spectacle in Baghdad, it's harder to find fault with those who worry that they eventually might.
(79) Modern geologists agree that earthquakes had a prominent role in creating the present spectacle of the valley.
(80) The rest of the world surveys this spectacle with amused disbelief.
(81) Shooting starch goes a long way in erasing the barrier between spectator and spectacle.
(82) She knew she was making a spectacle of herself with her childish outburst, but she couldn't seem to help herself.
(83) They were joined by a growing audience who left the pub to watch the spectacle, jeering and shouting and offering encouragement.
(84) Claims have been made for government compensation of the artisans who fashion expensive spectacle frames, combs and jewellery from the shells.
(85) An ambitious perfectionist, he practiced each new spectacle until he could perform it with his eyes closed.
(86) The pageantry surrounding the court is a feast of spectacle and venerable tradition.
(87) From a place on the shady side I watched the most forlorn spectacle I have ever seen.
(88) Hangings were henceforth carried out behind prison walls; the public spectacle which executions had provided came to an end.
(89) Did he enjoy being a temporarily anonymous spectacle, or did he believe these seamstresses and pipe fitters knew who he was?
(90) Major competitions are held annually and provide sport for the participants and a colourful spectacle for the landlubber.
More similar words: spectacularobstacleaspectsuspectspectrumprospectinspectorintrospectinspectionperspectiverespectivelyintrospectionwith respect toirrespective ofmanaclemiraclespecialspeciesspecifyspecificexpectespeciallyspecialtyspeculatespecialistspecializeexpectedspeculationspecificallyunexpected
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