astonishingly
Example Sentences
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It looked like relief that all had gone according to plan, despite widespread protests ahead of the election, when – astonishingly – some protestors had dared raise slogans calling for him to go.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Yet we know astonishingly little about their conditions.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
"We live in the information age, yet we store our knowledge in media that are astonishingly short-lived," says Alexander Kirnbauer.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
The Agnus Dei begins in glum realization that there may be no compensation for humanity’s great sins when, again astonishingly without expectation, one of Beethoven’s uniquely wondrous melodies takes over.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
The neurochemistry of the brain is astonishingly busy, the circuitry of a machine more wonderful than any devised by humans.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing astonishingly
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