How to Use stratosphere in a Sentence

stratosphere

noun
  • The reasons why come down to the bizarro world that is the stratosphere, Aubry says.
    Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 19 Aug. 2021
  • And car prices are likely to stay in the stratosphere for longer.
    NBC News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Even the price of paper used for flour sacks has hit the stratosphere.
    Liz Alderman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The sketch then hits the stratosphere with a cameo by Taylor Swift.
    Alexis Pereira, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2021
  • As much as some in the high legal stratosphere would like it to.
    Arkansas Online, 3 July 2023
  • The test saw a paraglider drop twice from a dozen miles high in the Earth’s stratosphere.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 Jan. 2023
  • And hurl it through the stratosphere, The time will come for the mind of man To turn to the heavens for its meat And its wine.
    Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022
  • The SolarStratos team wants to fly its solar plane all the way to the stratosphere.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The problem is Dobbs, Mullens, and Hall aren’t in the same stratosphere as Cousins.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024
  • At the moment there are no signs the Cornyn-Hegar race will reach that stratosphere.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
  • There’s nothing quite like a Drake feature to take a song to the stratosphere.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 24 Oct. 2022
  • What SolarStratos wants to do is explore the stratosphere, hence the name.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2020
  • One of the joys of making GLOW was getting to sort of kick her out into the stratosphere.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The whole social stratosphere, the whole social ecosystem stemmed from the mall.
    Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Particles can stay in the stratosphere for months or years.
    Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Will our great-great-great-grandkids line up for a quick ride into the stratosphere?
    Star Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
  • This move into the salary stratosphere didn’t start with Erik Spoelstra.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • But the rankings are huge, especially in the stratosphere at the top.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2021
  • All in all, the stage was set for luxury resale to boom into the stratosphere.
    Leah Bourne, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The balloon craft will rise at about 12 miles per hour, cruise in the stratosphere for about two hours, then make its slow descent.
    Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2020
  • Researchers estimate the eruption raised the amount of water in the stratosphere by around 5%.
    Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The Mercury Prize could launch her own career into the stratosphere.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Depp, too, seems poised to jump into a new stratosphere of stardom.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Most go to zero while a tiny number shoot into the stratosphere.
    Greg Ip, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • What other reason might a large balloon be in the stratosphere?
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2023
  • That track, of course, was the one that eventually launched Spears into the pop stratosphere.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Some like the Bootleg Fire can even enter the stratosphere where jet aircrafts fly.
    Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 24 July 2021
  • Momoa is aware that his career orbit is in that high stratosphere where his name is the green light for a project.
    Ben Court, Men's Health, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The video was well-received on the broadcast, but the thing burned through the cultural stratosphere after unofficial rips were uploaded to YouTube, then just mere months in existence.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The second season, now streaming in its entirety on Hulu, leaps into a new creative stratosphere.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024

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