All 6 Uses of
spectacle
in
Gone with the Wind
- Is it a spectacle you've been making of yourself—of all of us?" he bawled, his voice rising as always in moments of excitement.†
Chpt 1.2 (definition 1)
- Now she had lost and, greater than her sense of loss, was the fear that she had made a public spectacle of herself.†
Chpt 1.6 (definition 1)
- Here was the astonishing spectacle of half a nation attempting, at the point of bayonet, to force upon the other half the rule of negroes, many of them scarcely one generation out of the African jungles.†
Chpt 4.37 (definition 1)
- He went about his campaign slowly, subtly, not arousing the suspicions of Atlanta by the spectacle of a leopard trying to change his spots overnight.†
Chpt 5.52 (definition 1)
- Rhett knew very well the pathos of the spectacle, and if it blackened Scarlett's reputation he did not care.†
Chpt 5.52 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- And lots of times, after one kiss they fell completely in love with a girl and made most entertaining spectacles of themselves, provided the girl was clever and withheld her kisses after the first one.†
Chpt 2.13 (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.