But something else had intervened, an event of staggering proportions.

He couldn't possibly have made an error of such staggering proportions unless he'd done it deliberately.

Unfortunately those weren't her only responsibilities - She also had a disaster of staggering proportions on her hands.

The loss of life and property in Thursday's earthquake has reached truly staggering proportions.

If it is successful, the program in the New York region will take on staggering proportions.

The field in the final was probably the greatest ever brought together, and it had produced a world record of staggering proportions.

Maybe the child routinely disappeared after a shootout of staggering proportions.

The whole area is a place of staggering proportions: there are over 200 species of native trees.

Bordeaux is used to a boom and bust cycle, but the crisis of the past few years has reached staggering proportions.

Architects with small and large reputations have contrived a scene of staggering proportions.