[
UK
/sˈɔːɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈsɔɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɔɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual
soaring prices -
of imposing height; especially standing out above others
towering icebergs
the soaring spires of the cathedral
an eminent peak
lofty mountains
NOUN
- the activity of flying a glider
How To Use soaring In A Sentence
- In the course of a single song, he can go from soaring a cappella vocals to Bobby McFerrin-esque vocal ticks to gutbucket blues.
- I wouldn't be surprised if as a result of his Liverpool trip he finds his popularity ratings soaring.
- High over the hills towards Thirlmere I watched a golden eagle soaring in the air.
- Such soaring highs and swooping lows are typical Bercow. Times, Sunday Times
- Jonathan Lethem told me that when he first read "The Gift," he pictured its author as a kind of inapproachable seer, either long dead or soaring so high in the intellectual stratosphere as to be unreachable. RVABlogs
- They appreciated the soaring towers, pointed arches, the polychromy of brick and stone decoration and the carvings of birds and beasts. Gothic Renaissance in London
- That activity has sent a formerly torpid property market soaring, with office rents, according to one study, more than doubling from 1996 to mid-1999.
- Rumours of a bid last week sent the stock soaring but yesterday investors headed for the exit as confirmation of an approach failed to materialise.
- Soaring debt - which at one stage was predicted to reach £11m - has led to a series of cuts ranging from ward closures to stopping snacks for patients.
- There's something special about eating in a garden, especially when the garden, with its soaring glasshouse, is home to an inspirational restaurant run along organic, self-sufficient lines.