How to Use whopping in a Sentence

whopping

adjective
  • The play was a whopping success.
  • The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
  • Add them to your cart now to save a whopping $100.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
  • That means a whopping 17 or 18 games abroad.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • This beanie comes in a whopping 35 colors.
    — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Wear it with this leather tote bag that’s a whopping 50 percent off.
    — Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Last year, the gala raised a whopping $31 million.
    — Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
  • This recipe will make a whopping 64 servings.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2026
  • This recipe calls for a whopping 6 cups of those blue beauties, and the taste pay-off is huge.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Those teams have combined for a whopping zero wins so far this season.
    — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Choose between snow white and smoke gray, both of which are on sale for a whopping 60% off.
    — Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 12 July 2022
  • And today, the queen frame is on sale for a whopping 70 percent off.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The smartphone even has a longer battery life of up to a whopping 72 hours.
    — Rudie Obias, Variety, 16 May 2024
  • At a whopping 70 percent off, now is clearly the right time to buy one.
    — Erin Cavoto, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2024
  • Research shows that moms take on a whopping 71% of the mental load.
    — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 1 May 2025
  • In some of the top metro cities, a whopping two-thirds of the listings fit that criteria.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The list price for the hardcover will be a whopping $38.
    — Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And the cost of coffee has increased by a whopping 33%.
    — Angela Alsobrooks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The Gators’ bench tallied a whopping 47 points.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • That’s a whopping 60% in savings!
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The game lasted a whopping six hours and 39 minutes.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The tent floor is a whopping 90 square feet, big enough to fit two huge air mattresses.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The show, which was up for a whopping 13 awards, would be crowned Best Play.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 17 June 2024
  • The tickets are a whopping $117.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • And with a whopping 16 shades to choose from, there’s a hue for any skin tone—or occasion.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The stock shed a whopping $430 billion in value over the course of just three days.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 June 2024
  • After all, a 50-cent fee on a $5 bet is a whopping 10% tax.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That totals to a whopping $18 million at the end of the season.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Swift has earned a whopping 58 Grammy nods over the course of her career.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026
  • A lot of shows these days have two or three year gaps between seasons, but this one took a whopping four years to return.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026

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