- present participle of astound.
astounding
Example Sentences
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This astounding dilemma is brought to you by the Angels, and their combination of a consistent focus on affordability and a consistently bad team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
They popped up a swarm of short-lift attackers to map out Hugging Face’s network and took an astounding 17,000 actions during the hack, far more than a human would.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
That number is astounding on its own, but according to most sources and experts, it significantly lowballs the war’s true cost, which continues to mount.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Little-Pengelly said she finds it "astounding that people haven't been talking about that for the last 20 years".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Twenty-nine years old, he is a slender man with delicate features, a shy, moody temperament, and astounding physical strength.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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