All 6 Uses of
spectacle
in
The Fountainhead
- However, I am anxious to forestall, if possible, what appears to be a tragedy, the spectacle of a young man of your obvious mental gifts setting out deliberately to make a mess of his life.†
Chpt 1.1 (definition 1)
- He had returned from his journey, crushed by the universal spectacle of religion, most particularly by the various forms in which the promise of hell confronted him all over the earth.†
Chpt 2.12 (definition 1)
- If you were not involved as you are, you'd be the one person who'd appreciate the spectacle.†
Chpt 2.12 (definition 1) *
- The city became a friendly sight, an abstraction with which no possible communication could be established, like the sky, a spectacle to be admired, but of no direct concern in their lives.†
Chpt 3.8 (definition 1)
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- Hopton Stoddard had a genius for investment; he invested in everything—houses of ill fame, Broadway spectacles on the grand scale, preferably of a religious nature, factories, farm mortgages and contraceptives.†
Chpt 2.10 (definition 2)
- Eugene Pettingill waddled about on his skinny, ancient legs, small and bent, an imposing Park Avenue hotel, with horn-rimmed spectacles peering from under the majestic tower.†
Chpt 2.11 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (spectacle) a notable or unusual event that attracts attention
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(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus) The term spectacles is also used to refer to eyeglasses.