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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Judge, 32, hit 58 homers, scored 122 runs, and drove in a whopping 144 runs in 704 plate appearances.
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Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Othello, the new Broadway production of Shakespeare’s tale of power and envy starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal broke four house records at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last week, grossing a whopping $2,637,158 for its first seven previews.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
In January, Americans paid a whopping $48,100 on average for a new car, jumping about $10,000 from pre-pandemic times.
—Alicia Wallace and Matt Stiles, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
The 20-ounce tumbler keeps ice cold for 35 hours, while the 30-ounce tumbler keeps things cold for a whopping 48 hours.
—Lauren Wilrich, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
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Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Othello, the new Broadway production of Shakespeare’s tale of power and envy starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal broke four house records at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last week, grossing a whopping $2,637,158 for its first seven previews.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
In January, Americans paid a whopping $48,100 on average for a new car, jumping about $10,000 from pre-pandemic times.
—Alicia Wallace and Matt Stiles, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
The 20-ounce tumbler keeps ice cold for 35 hours, while the 30-ounce tumbler keeps things cold for a whopping 48 hours.
—Lauren Wilrich, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 12 Mar. 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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