Rachel Simmons

The meteoric rise of the 'wellness' industry online has launched an entire industry of fitness celebrities on social media. Millions of followers embrace their regimens for diet and exercise, but increasingly, the drive for 'wellness' and 'clean eating' has become stealthy cover for more dieting and deprivation.

American Author

Song Joong-ki

It is inevitable that popularity will fade. That's why I must always be prepared. I don't want a meteoric rise in popularity. I want to be an actor who can quickly get back on my feet after a fall. If I want to have a long-term career in acting, I must be careful about the choices I make.

South Korean Actor

Sir Mix-a-Lot

Look at Macklemore! Perfect comparison, we're two artists from the same city who both had meteoric rises at different periods. I probably sold more albums, because in that era you couldn't steal them; you had to go to a record store to buy them. But Macklemore had more power.

American Musician

Robert Dallek

McGeorge Bundy was a brilliant man who'd had a meteoric academic career and was the youngest man ever to be dean of the Harvard faculty. But he was also arrogant and looked upon all sorts of people and politicians as not to be taken all that seriously.

American Historian

Synyster Gates

Lyrically, 'Planets' is the precursor to 'Acid Rain'; it's about a meteoric, intergalactic war that results in an apocalypse and the human species aligning together to go fight something much better than us, our individual trials and tribulations.

Andrew O'Hagan

I don't believe in the meteoric culture of anxiety, generally. Obviously, some people have it, some people are crippled by it, but most of the novelists I've ever known are in love with influence. They thrive on it.

Scottish Novelist

Bill Bailey

Twenty-two years I've been doing this comedy lark, so it's been like a meteoric rise to fame... if the meteor was being dragged by an arthritic donkey across a ploughed field, in northern Poland.

English Comedian

Shraddha Srinath

I know it wasn't like a meteoric rise, it was not overnight success. Nobody watched my movie, fell in love and said 'I'm her biggest fan.' People took time to warm up to me.

Indian Actress

Emily Greene Balch

We have lived through the flood time of fascism and of the nazism which ran its meteoric course at a cost to mankind in suffering and waste beyond all computation.

American Educator

Rolf Harris

George Martin recorded a lot of my stuff before the Beatles, so I observed their meteoric rise.

Australian Entertainer

Used to describe something accelerating very quickly and often unexpectedly, indicating surprise or astonishment.

Sudden Impact

Implies a rapid change that might not last for a long time, hinting at a potential quick decline after the rise.

Not Long-Term

Carries a connotation of intensity and powerful action, often associated with exciting or dramatic developments.

Intensity Connotation

Refers to objects or phenomena originating from or associated with outer space, not just any flying objects.

Space Origin

In an astronomical context, used to describe events or materials related to meteors, such as showers or debris.

Astronomical Event

Primarily used in scientific discourse to discuss celestial objects and phenomena, highlighting its domain-specific use.

Scientific Use

 as well as pieces focusing on contemporary race relations. In less than a decade, Basquiat made thousands of paintings and drawings- along with sculpture, fragments of poetry and music. His output accelerated alongside his meteoric rise to fame, but his life and work were cut tragically short

The chaotic brilliance...

 you will be able to have a better understanding of what's going on and even to explain it to your friends. So as we saw with this flipping the pyramid of poverty, China has actually soared. It's meteoric.

Meteoric