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

Mr. Cameron’s hyperrealistic high-frame-rate images, sometimes derided for producing a “soap-opera effect,” turn all acting into bad acting, digital amazement notwithstanding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

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

When Leah rubbed her hands together, they sparkled, and the inexperienced company shouted their amazement.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock