How to Use stratosphere in a Sentence

stratosphere

noun
Definition of stratospherenext
  • 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
  • Cibreo took mac and cheese to a new level in the stratosphere.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 16 June 2019
  • 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
  • Smoke lingered in the stratosphere for the better part of a year.
    — Madeleine Stone, National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • The guess here is that the Reds is a little higher, but still way out of the stratosphere of the big boys.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 18 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • Give us a sense of, who were some of the other people in your stratosphere?
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 12 Nov. 2018
  • 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
  • Yet, this much is true: When Pittman got shot, his art launched into the stratosphere.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The whole social stratosphere, the whole social ecosystem stemmed from the mall.
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Mel Gibson went from the heights of the Hollywood stratosphere to its nadir.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 24 July 2018
  • Particles can stay in the stratosphere for months or years.
    — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Needless to say, the first film helped launch both of them into the silver-screen stratosphere.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Will our great-great-great-grandkids line up for a quick ride into the stratosphere?
    — Star Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
  • A year later came Step Up, which should’ve launched her into the stratosphere.
    — Margaret Wappler, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 May 2018
  • 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
  • The problem is that Tavares isn’t in the same stratosphere as any other players making that kind of money.
    — Eric Duhatschek, The Athletic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet vaults into the emotional stratosphere in Act Three and stays there till its finish.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024

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