- present tense form of astonish (3rd person singular).
astonishes
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Not particularly exhausted either, which always astonishes me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
What always astonishes me about your letters is their length My God, their length!
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025
"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
The architectural wonder of writer-director Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar immigrant epic “The Brutalist” astonishes onscreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
The bridge is beautiful at night, but it’s the city skyline that astonishes me every time I see it.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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