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
So does his amazement that someone like himself can make a living through long-term investing and helping others to do so.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 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
A small stream of white light shot from the wand, and Seven floated up, looking around in amazement as she did.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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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