astonish

Example Sentences

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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Maggie Smith never failed to illuminate and astonish.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

In her first address of the 2022 commencement season, Biden told the more than 1,000 graduates that “you astonish me with your grit and your determination and that is why I love teaching community college.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

There’s a wealth of young poets writing today whose work continues to astonish and delight me.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Their presence in Africa would astonish us, if the presence of Indonesian people on Madagascar had not already alerted us to Africa’s prehistoric Asian connection.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond