amazement
Example Sentences
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To the amazement of some, the crash site was bulldozed within days, which experts say destroyed potentially crucial evidence.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
When a figure skater performs a back flip, a 17-year-old takes home a gold medal, or new world records are set, we also question reality—but out of amazement, not suspicion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
The experts recall with amazement and appreciation the level of curiosity and celebrity he commanded in courtrooms across the Jim Crow South, charming even the bigoted lawyers and judges whose unjust rulings he challenged.
From Salon • Sep. 10, 2025
And to my amazement – one of the phage I collected from my toilet was able to kill this infection in the lab.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
He shook his head in amazement thinking about it.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing amazement
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 2
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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