Definition: 1. A lavishly produced performance. 2. Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect. 3. Of the nature of spectacle or drama. 4. Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.
Use 'spectacular' in a sentence:
1. It's quite spectacular because here in the 1890s we have reached the apex of the Western classical orchestra, this big, beautiful, powerful instrument.
2. Richard Cox travelled to north-western India to document these spectacular monuments from a bygone era.
3. While suggestopedia has gained some notoriety through success in the teaching of modern languages, few teachers are able to emulate the spectacular results of Lozanov and his associates.
4. The spectacular sunrise made us exclaim in surprise.
5. The mirage is quite a spectacular sight.
6. The couple went all out to prepare a spectacular feast for their guests.
7. The cascades of water from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean were not as spectacular as the crustal adjustments and faulting that occurred when the Strait of Gibraltar was connected to those seas.
8. Some of these spectacular churches are no more than small buildings, barely 4 meters wide and 6 meters tall.
9. Not only will we host a successful Winter Olympic extravaganza, but also a spectacular Games with unique characteristics.
10. The house has the most spectacular views imaginable.
11. Rovers made the game safe with a spectacular second goal in the 84th minute.
12. Technicians were employed to stage spectacular shows which displayed aspects of nature, with representations of the sun, snow and rain.
13. He gets spectacular goals and is a real crowd pleaser.
14. This is a spectacular film.
15. Even his death, after crashing his motorcycle on a bridge in New Orleans, was spectacular.
16. Those factors are more than enough to make up for the squalor (.), disease and spectacular poverty that those same migrants must often at first endure when they become urban dwellers.
17. He gets spectacular goals and is a real crowd-pleaser.
18. He's a very good goalkeeper and made several spectacular saves.
19. There was a spectacular sunrise yesterday.
20. They have revamped the business with spectacular success.
21. The success in Africa was not as spectacular as it was in India or Mexico.
22. The fish put up a spectacular 20 minute struggle before being netted.
23. There's every possibility it could break apart in spectacular style very soon.
24. Unmanageable complexity can result in massive foul-ups or spectacular budget "runaways."
25. It was a sad finale to an otherwise spectacular career.
26. The bombing was a spectacular act of sabotage.
27. It's a spectacular sight as the flamingos lift into the air.
28. Vera Wang was feted in New York this week at a spectacular dinner.
29. Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also have rings, but Saturn's are by far the largest and most spectacular.
30. Big cities have large and spectacular fireworks displays.
31. Anouska Hempel, the British dress designer, was feted in New York this week at a spectacular dinner.
32. Skye has scarcely missed a beat as one of the Gold Coast's spectacular models since her marriage.
33. For passenger transport, the determining factor is the spectacular growth in car use.
34. Different from the circular time and the irreversible time, the spectacular time is a kind of toy bricks producing pseudo-events.
35. The entire structure has benefited from an upgraded maintenance program that has also included restoration of some of the EEOB's most spectacular historic interiors.
36. The view from the top of the tower was spectacular.
37. The space probe, Voyager I, launched in 1977, had sent back spectacular images of Jupiter and Saturn and then soared out of the Solar System on a one-way mission to the stars.
38. Its rings were discovered by telescope from Earth, but space probes later found that spectacular rings surround some other planets.
39. The landscape is intersected with spectacular gorges.
40. Among the most spectacular sights are the great sea-bird colonies.
41. This spectacular event, now in its 5th year, features a stunning catwalk show.
42. Their summer tour will culminate at a spectacular concert in London.
43. His spectacular strike in the second half made the score 2–0.
44. His spectacular strike in the second half made the score 2 – 0.
45. Vieira scored a spectacular goal.
46. This is the most spectacular financial crash of the decade.
47. The skies above London were ablaze with a spectacular firework display.
48. I called Andie to tell her how spectacular the stuff looked.
49. He made a spectacular save.
50. It was a spectacular achievement on their part.
