- present tense form of astonish (3rd person singular).
astonishes
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Throughout Mr. Stob’s narrative, their success astonishes onlookers and converts skeptics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
The architectural wonder of writer-director Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar immigrant epic “The Brutalist” astonishes onscreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
In one of the performances of the year, Will Keen, as the Russian leader, astonishes throughout, bringing his character to agitated, unpredictable life.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
Even now, a fact as ordinary, as obvious, as this astonishes him.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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