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Sentence count:207+8Posted:2016-08-14Updated:2020-07-24
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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(91) The five soldiers prove, as always, to be quite a spectacle for passing motorists.
(92) But Peckinpah is unable to create any objectivity towards the sadistic spectacle, in the manner of, say, Akira Kurosawa.
(93) Biff had drawn up a stool nearby and was drinking from a hip flask enjoying the spectacle.
(94) Wilkinson's fourth case was that of an optical company, making spectacle lenses.
(95) The typical kind of modern spectacle, like a modern rock concert, has reached its limits.
(96) Its disappearance was quickly succeeded by the explosion. So terrible a spectacle is seldom witnessed.
(97) The spectacle was a distressing one, and sure to inflame Republican voters.
(98) Our countryside has unrivalled spectacle and variation within quite short distances.
(99) This engrossing spectacle fascinates the predator who may eventually devour the tail, although it has little nutritional value.
(100) He wants his death to be televised nationally, so that the spectacle of his death will add glory to his infamy.
(101) He made two desperate attempts to recoup by staging the kind of garish spectacle that had once lured customers to the Falls.
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(102) Untying him, Ezra was sure he should remember exactly why, why the spectacle before him.
(103) During my stay in a remote village in Kangwon Province, watching me shampoo my hair became a spectacle.
(104) He whines that I am ruining his weekend, but is rarely displeased with the spectacle I have paid dearly for.
(105) Jody made a complete spectacle of herself by getting drunk at the wedding.
(106) More often, the movie founders when confronting spiritual issues and settles for the spectacle of a costume drama.
(107) Life is not a spectacle or a feast: it is a predicament. George Santayana 
(108) The separation is 35 seconds of arc, and in any small telescope the two make a lovely spectacle.
(109) Trainloads of spectators lined the banks to watch the awesome spectacle of a river of ice racing relentlessly toward the Falls.
(110) She did not rant or rave or otherwise make a spectacle of herself.
(111) Anybody who could afford a ticket could soon enjoy a spectacle that had once been the exclusive privilege of the upper classes.
(112) The second behavior is the peculiarly overdeveloped ability of Californians to frame experience as spectacle.
(113) For the next two hours he relaxed and enjoyed the spectacle that unwound before his eyes.
(114) More than one correspondent filed a story describing the spectacle of a Cruise missile travelling up a Baghdad street at hotel window level.
(115) The hills had now come into view, and I enjoyed the grand spectacle of Mount Blue ahead.
(116) The birthday spectacle must have made General Norman Schwarzkopf want to weep into his beer.
(117) But she had no leisure to enjoy the spectacle of Mrs Quatt's sudden drop from favour.
(118) Even at its most workaday, shop life held a hint of drama and spectacle.
(119) From our tent, we could see the grand spectacle of Mount Blue.
(120) I had hardly remembered the most obvious and striking spectacle of the myriad snow-white flowers now staring me in the face.
More similar words: spectacularobstacleaspectsuspectspectrumprospectinspectorintrospectinspectionperspectiverespectivelyintrospectionwith respect toirrespective ofmanaclemiraclespecialspeciesspecifyspecificexpectespeciallyspecialtyspeculatespecialistspecializeexpectedspeculationspecificallyunexpected
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