astonish
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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Maggie Smith never failed to illuminate and astonish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
She is now 95 and widowed, and her positivity and determination continue to astonish.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
There’s a wealth of young poets writing today whose work continues to astonish and delight me.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
It used to astonish us that everyone here has so many children: six or eight or nine.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Throughout Mr. Stob’s narrative, their success astonishes onlookers and converts skeptics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
"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
In one of the performances of the year, Will Keen, as the Russian leader, astonishes throughout, bringing his character to agitated, unpredictable life.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
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
The coaches were astonished at how quickly he picked up the playbook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
I will be astonished if they can accomplish what is necessary in 60 days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
You can see Salonen, who gave Josefowicz the support to be brazen, mouth to her astonished wows!
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
"If we found out there were aliens, I'd hope people were astonished, humbled and awestruck by it," she told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
As the interrogation unfolded, however, he was no less astonished that Marti Peterson was a CIA spy than the KGB agents assembled around them.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
One more knockdown, one astonishing comeback and a second-round knockout later, the blockbuster bout was revived.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Argentina was fortunate to reach the final, but Messi got them there with astonishing drama, and a whole new generation was exposed to his vision and greatness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Since then, they have spread into an astonishing range of habitats and lifestyles.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
It made his earliest Slam exit for three years all the more astonishing.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
He has the demeanor of a psychoanalyst, watchful and impassive, and his ability to transform his face so easily and quickly was astonishing.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Vocabulary lists containing astonish
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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