astound
Example Sentences
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But even humble midday meals are astoundingly more expensive, especially for office workers.
From Salon
Plank responded by saying that she "thought maybe things had gotten better", and that it was "astounding they have gotten away with so much".
From BBC
Cignetti, who just led Indiana to the most astounding turnaround in the sport’s history, is not young.
At the British embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, he was taken seriously by MI6, which was astounded by the wealth of information the former archivist had to offer.
For now, Chambliss is content piling up plays that astound football fans across the country—except for those who know him best.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.