amazement
Example Sentences
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To her amazement, close to 200 people came with more than 180 cakes devoured.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
To the amazement of the 25-year-old, the demonstrations grew into a revolution that toppled Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, Sheikh Hasina, who had ruled the country for most of Shipon life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
The experts recall with amazement and appreciation the level of curiosity and celebrity Thurgood 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 passed out the mysterious envelopes while his family watched him in stunned amazement.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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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