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
• Little in sports can compare with the scale and spectacle of the World Cup.
  — Amin Touri, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
• That is all Jolly asked you to do in his spectacle: to see.
  — Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• At the heart of the spectacle were the bride, 36, and groom, 53, whose happiness was on display on land and sea.
  — Elizabeth Leonard, People.com, 27 Sep. 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
• Just as the sailor lights up a cigarette to go with the spectacle, a blaze erupts between the vessels.
  — Amanda Forbis, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2022
• The event is sure to be a spectacle and Trump himself plans a news conference that evening.
  — Del Quentin Wilber, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
• The end of the year should be a football (soccer) spectacle, as the 2022 World Cup is underway in Qatar.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 24 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Those who saw the blast firsthand, still weeks before the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were awestruck by the pure spectacle.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
• In its favor, the museum does stage the Met Gala, an annual spectacle in which celebrities dress like Mets out of uniform.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024