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How to use bonanza in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Bonanza means a rich mine or vein of silver or gold. Example: “The popular show quickly became a ratings bonanza for the network.”

Examples of bonanza by meaning

nounAnything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.

  • The popular show quickly became a ratings bonanza for the network.
  • For two decades the bonanza on Scotland’s west coast continued.2013 August 31, Bagehot, “The parable of the Clyde”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851
  • It has also yielded a bonanza for corporate executives and other shareholders: Money not spent filling warehouses with unneeded auto parts is, at least in part, money that can be given to shareholders in the form of dividends.2021 March 26, Peter S. Goodman, “In Suez Canal, Stuck Ship Is a Warning About Excessive Globalization”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

More sentences with bonanza

  • They're all here in this illustrated, brain-boggling bonanza by famous puzzler and mathemagician Martin Gardner.1995, Martin Gardner, Classic Brainteasers. From the entry mathemagician
  • These gals are not wrapped up in some pert, Stepfordian happee homemaking bonanza.1989 September 18, Sarah Pettit, “Tying the Knot (Noose?)”, in OutWeek, page 39. From the entry Stepfordian
  • Given this potential bonanza, the primary moral goal for today’s bioethics can be summarized in a single sentence.2015 August 1, Steven Pinker, “The moral imperative for bioethics”, in The Boston Globe, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2015. From the entry bioethics
  • For the political right, naturally eager to put the left in bad odor, the naming frenzy was a bonanza.1993 May 8, Russell Baker, “Observer: What's in a Naming?”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Sep 2013. From the entry in bad odor
  • For the average auctiongoer the bargains and bonanzas of commodity-exchange auctions and select sales auctions are only of academic interest.1990, Charles W. Smith, Auctions: The Social Construction of Value, →ISBN, page 144. From the entry auctiongoer
  • Later, the discoveries of rich "pocket" deposits in the Red Butte district lifted the intermontane hill country temporarily to the high plane of a bonanza field.1916, Francis Lynde, The Taming of Red Butte Western. From the entry intermontane
  • By enabling delivery fo active components beneath the skin, the sting and venom opened a bonanza of opportunities for the evolution of highly specific and active components, particularly proteinaceous materials.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry proteinaceous

Meaning of bonanza

  1. noun A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
  2. noun The point at which two mother lodes intersect.
  3. noun Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.

Full definition of bonanza

Questions about bonanza in a sentence

How do you use bonanza in a sentence?
Bonanza is used as a noun. For example: “The popular show quickly became a ratings bonanza for the network.”
What is a short sentence with bonanza?
“For two decades the bonanza on Scotland’s west coast continued.”
What does bonanza mean?
Bonanza means a rich mine or vein of silver or gold.

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