How to Use spectacle in a Sentence

spectacle

noun

• He peered through his spectacles.
• Here are the best places and times to catch the spectacle.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• The rides, the food, the concerts, the exhibits — the state fair is a once-a-year spectacle.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2024
• The parades won’t be the end of this year’s sky spectacles.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• Those who did tune in were faced with a spectacle painful to watch.
  — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
• The spectacle is fired to order and takes 45 minutes to get to the table.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Crowds of people lined the cliffs to watch the surfing spectacle.
  — Sergio Olmos, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• Shohei Ohtani will be a spectacle at the center of the Dodgers’ daily saga.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• That is all Jolly asked you to do in his spectacle: to see.
  — Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• In a matter of seconds, the spectacle turned to blood sport.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• And the spectacle would linger long enough for everyone to see.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
• Her dancers follow from the ground like apostles, and the crowd takes in the entire spectacle with an air of awe.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
• The Josh fight wasn't just a spectacle for Nebraskans and those who watched online.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 12 May 2023
• Locals of all ages throng the lakefront, gawping at the spectacle of it all.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024
• His players, by contrast, basked in the spectacle of it all.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
• Though the spectacles were the right size for Franks, his father said the child never wore glasses.
  — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
• The event is sure to be a spectacle and Trump himself plans a news conference that evening.
  — Del Quentin Wilber, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
• Form and content marry here in the perfect union of art and spectacle.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
• For Black creators, where is the line between art and spectacle?
  — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
• Just about 25 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip is a different kind of spectacle.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2024
• If Kelce wants to remain in his fun fashion era, let him—and enjoy the spectacle.
  — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023
• The choice was made as part of an overhaul of the preshow spectacle, which, for the first time, was managed by members of the Met Gala’s creative team.
  — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• Tsai will get to bring back his sword-wielding spectacle.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• Nestled between the bays of Marsalforn and San Blas, the warm waters are calm by day and the sunsets a spectacle by night.
  — Anya Meyerowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
• Of course, some days will be cloudless – but on days when clouds grace us with their presence, what a spectacle!
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 25 Feb. 2023
• All came for the spectacle of two old powers put on a show at the center of the college football universe.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• Maybe a strong dose of it will actually end this spectacle once and for all.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
• But any of that can get a player thrown out of a game, leaving fans in what-the-hell mode and the spectacle greatly diminished.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023
• With all that star power, the spectacle of the Paris portion of the three-hour closing ceremony simply dimmed.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2024
• The Western media had not reported on it in depth, so Harrison and Shankar decided a large-scale spectacle would draw attention to the crisis.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024