Sentence examples for over the spectacle from inspiring English sources

Even when each series is over, the spectacle doesn't end: the contestants become tabloid fodder hung out to dry by the media, their faces blown up massive on the front of red top newspapers like heads on spikes at the edges of a Roman city, put there as signs of caution lest anyone should want to follow their example.

Even when each series is over, the spectacle doesn't end: the contestants become tabloid fodder – hung out to dry by the media, their faces blown up massive on the front of red top newspapers like heads on spikes at the edges of a Roman city, put there as signs of caution lest anyone should want to follow their example, before a doomed go at I'm A Celeb.

"I'm hoping the existential will triumph over the spectacle," Mr. Gormley said.

The people who gathered to watch seemed appreciative — or awestruck — over the spectacle of men essentially swimming in a cesspool.

I am outraged by the comments that were made and saddened over the spectacle that we saw yesterday.

But Ross and others were frustrated over the spectacle diverting rare focus on issues affecting Native Americans.

It is certainly the archetype of style over substance: everyone on screen is a mirror of a mirror of a mirror of a character we've seen in the movies one hundred times before, but it matters not a jot as you sit in the cinema with your senses being enjoyably battered by ridiculously over-the-top spectacle upon spectacle.

There was some of the usual over-the-top spectacle at the event Wednesday evening, like dancers twirling in vinyl ballet dresses, their faces covered by plastic visors.

In recent years, some of the Whitney Museum of American Art's Biennials have featured over-the-top spectacle, while others have been lower key.

The over-the-top spectacle of this party can also, however, stand in for a few of the bummers about "The Forgiven".

I always watch it – it's a gloriously over-the-top spectacle of glitz, glamour and showbusiness – and that's just the half-time show.