stunning
IPA: stˈʌnɪŋ
noun
- The act by which a person or animal is physically stunned.
adjective
- Having an effect that stuns.
- (informal) Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
- (informal) Amazing; wonderfully good.
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Examples of "stunning" in Sentences
- You remember the people of your life in stunning detail.
- The voting population is changing in stunning ways, all of which will benefit the Democrats.
- Even more stunning is that Hobsbawm is held in such high esteem among academics to this very day.
- Insurance regulators and safety activists are alarmed at what they describe as a stunning rise in the number of drivers who are cutting back or even dropping their auto insurance to save money during the recession.
- Of the 67 jewels in the collection, Mr. Lunel expresses particular passion for a ruby and diamond brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels designed as a Japanese chrysanthemum that he describes as "stunning" estimate: 270,000-450,000 francs.
- By Susie Madrak Thursday Apr 09, 2009 4: 00pm Insurance regulators and safety activists are alarmed at what they describe as a stunning rise in the number of drivers who are cutting back or even dropping their auto insurance to save money during the recession.
- The administration negotiated what I called stunning reductions in trade, and in increases in tariff rate quotas, reductions in export subsidies, and elimination of sanitary and phytosanitary barriers in all products, virtually -- meats from beef, pork, poultry; dairy; citrus; specialty crops of all sorts.
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