Examples of whopping in a Sentence
The play was a whopping success.
The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
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Dockery is reflecting on a whopping 15 years spent with this character, the two so closely entwined that the reality of never playing her again has, admittedly, taken some time to sink in.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Shares are now positive on the year, up a whopping 85% from the stock's April low.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
The cringe comedy series centering a conflicted Hollywood executive (Rogen) walked away with a whopping 13 awards, which included outstanding comedy series, outstanding writing for a comedy series and outstanding directing for a comedy series.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
As a result, Rogen gave a whopping four acceptance speeches at Sunday night's ceremony, but didn't shout out Sal Saperstein a single time, despite fans' expectations that he'd be name-dropped at least once during the broadcast.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Shares are now positive on the year, up a whopping 85% from the stock's April low.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
The cringe comedy series centering a conflicted Hollywood executive (Rogen) walked away with a whopping 13 awards, which included outstanding comedy series, outstanding writing for a comedy series and outstanding directing for a comedy series.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
As a result, Rogen gave a whopping four acceptance speeches at Sunday night's ceremony, but didn't shout out Sal Saperstein a single time, despite fans' expectations that he'd be name-dropped at least once during the broadcast.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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whopping
adjective
whop·ping
ˈhwäp-iŋ 
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
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