How to Use vertiginous in a Sentence

vertiginous

adjective
  • The bridge wobbles a bit with each step and has vertiginous canyon views.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2021
  • But then, even more vertiginous than its ascent, came its fall.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • What’s the precedent for such a vertiginous ramp in just 12 months?
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • The six-bedroom, six-bathroom home is reachable by a vertiginous road.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 16 May 2018
  • Any or all of this might be threatening or vertiginous or worse, but none of it suggests stuckness.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 11 July 2022
  • Overnight success isn’t new, but Hoyeon’s vertiginous climb feels of the moment.
    — Monica Kim, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The shift is a call for Black people to take up space in the world, which doubles as a wink at his own vertiginous climb.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • On the one hand, this highlights the vertiginous speed at which the field is developing.
    — Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Of course, framing it this way overlooks the vertiginous course the Mets traversed to get here.
    — Tim Britton, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
  • Elsewhere, narrow paths run past juniper trees and sheer canyon edges where the land drops away in sudden, vertiginous folds.
    — Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The Sandman' is complex to the point of labyrinthine, non-linear to the point of vertiginous.
    — Michael Schaub, latimes.com, 1 July 2019
  • The black and white rug is not merely striped, it’s patterned with vertiginous concentric squares.
    — Kristen Bateman, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The loop follows the Mesa’s spine, with huge panoramas and, at certain points, vertiginous drop-offs.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The vertiginous slopes and sea cliffs of this five-square-mile island in the Caribbean don't leave much space to land a plane.
    — Nicola Chilton, CNN, 8 July 2022
  • The last leg up is a vertiginous cable ladder on the mountain’s slick granite backside.
    — Joe Yogerst, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • The highway curved through a valley rimmed with tall pines, past bulbous rock formations atop vertiginous slopes.
    — Chiara Goia, National Geographic, 14 Dec. 2019
  • This was two years ago and the pitch in question nestled beneath the vertiginous stands of the San Siro.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The drop was vertiginous and terrifying, but Young sidled right up to the edge.
    — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The fall of the industry has been so vertiginous that it’s been hard to fully comprehend its decline.
    — Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Rick Owens is no stranger to statement shoes — his vertiginous Kiss platforms have become a cult item.
    — Samantha Tse, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
  • But for the people working in the genre, the sudden crush of attention and esteem has been vertiginous.
    — Yi-Ling Liu, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021
  • For Gebru and her fellow travelers, the past five years have been vertiginous.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 8 June 2021
  • The climb is infamous for its heart-pumping switchbacks and vertiginous jaunt along a narrow sliver of crag.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • At the bottom of a vertiginous gorge, the time comes for the shooting contest, which his father also used to propose to his guests.
    — Bernard-Henri Lévy, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Back at the trailer that evening, the fire session feels better than ever, a vertiginous slide into oblivion.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In the years that followed, the investigation would take vertiginous twists and turns.
    — Shaila Dewan Madeleine Hordinski, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Oil's vertiginous climb is contributing to a surge in inflation to the highest level in decades.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2022
  • But a deficit of homes for sale relative to intense demand and vertiginous housing prices have started easing the pace of sales.
    — Nicole Friedman, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • The ski school is top-notch, with optional outings to the vertiginous South Chutes if the kiddos are up for it.
    — Katie Arnold, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2018
  • How many times can Mann freak out the audience by cutting to a vertiginous shot of the unfolding crisis?
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022

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