astound

For now, Chambliss is content piling up plays that astound football fans across the country—except for those who know him best.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

Train punctuality in Germany is appalling - worse than in the UK, which will astound weary British commuters.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025

But because of the breadth of her catalog, the presentation here could still astound you.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024

And many of these events occurred relatively recently, showing that the field of physics continues to astound us.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2023

Clearly the palace estate had been designed to draw in visitors and astound them with the splendor and glory of the Golden Crescent.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Having seen “The Drama” in theaters twice, what astounds me is witnessing the audience’s open-mindedness.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026

Drifting between boiling anger and crushing regret, O’Brien’s delivery of a monologue to the ghost of Rocky astounds for its insides-bearing rawness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025

What astounds me is that each month or so a manufacturer unveils a newer model that fixes tiny bugs that might have been present with an earlier model.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

What really astounds her colleagues, though, is not only that she has survived and remains committed, but that Maye’s humor, spirit and above all her voice are in the best shape of her career.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

That his life has been so wholly redirected astounds him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Steve Gutshall of Murrells Inlet, was left astounded by Graham’s debate performance and felt that plenty of others were too.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

"We were astounded and overjoyed, actually," Haigwood said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

“Ten men in front of goal, aim for a nil-nil draw. That’s going to make the first round low quality. Fans are going to be astounded by how poor the soccer is.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Chair of the Bloody Sunday Trust, Tony Doherty, whose father Patrick was among those killed said he was "astounded" the footage had been used.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Ralph was so astounded he couldn’t talk, so astounded that in springing up to welcome her, he knocked her over, so that she fell to the sidewalk and sprained her ankle.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Fulton lured 40 friends and relatives on board and chugged all the way to Albany and back, covering 300 miles in 62 hours—an astounding pace of nearly 5 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

An astounding one-third to one-quarter of all fuel sold in Mexico may be illicit, according estimates cited by the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Stocks bottomed that March, down an astounding 56%, and began a relentless rally that was only upended, however briefly, by the Covid pandemic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

But doctors were ultimately able to save her leg – something she calls "astounding".

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

And now we have a paper chain 378 miles long—an astounding achievement for any town.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman