marvel

People still marvel at Miyazaki’s handcrafted backgrounds and his painstaking dedication to balancing its feather-light score with the melodies of flowing water or the gentle crunch of a child’s footfalls on grass and gravel.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

But the solo move marked a milestone achievement for Laija García, who had no designs of becoming an international musical marvel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth has sold an ultramodern “sculptural” residence in Studio City for $2.1 million—less than a year after putting the architectural marvel on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

People took notice of what he had to say, and in turn Farmer seemed to marvel at the attention he got.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Had Brontë survived past 30, she might have worked yet-greater literary marvels, but as it is she left us with “Wuthering Heights,” a bravura work of melodrama published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Filmed on location in Sequoia National Park, “Wowsabout” follows live-action puppets Roxy, a hedgehog, and Ronald, a pig, as they go on a camping trip and learn about the marvels of nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

"I've seen workshops that are nigh on dust-free," marvels furniture maker and woodwork instructor Ryan Saunders.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

When the play opens, “all one can do is wonder why it did,” Mr. Rich marvels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

And then a marvel of marvels came to pass.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Inside the conservatory, eager sniffers took selfies and marveled at the plants’ size and smell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

I marveled at how much courage it must take to turn your real life into art, just for the chance that one person might see it and be impacted by it.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

For Elsa Thora, visiting several states from Sweden, a standout highlight was her inaugural stop at Walmart, where she marveled at the endless aisles and tried an unfamiliar fusion item: a Reese’s-Oreos mashup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

ROMONT, Switzerland—Willy Wonka would have marveled at one of the machines at a manufacturing plant here—a contraption that injects flavors into coffee capsules via a set of whirring tubes labeled “hazelnut,” “caramel,” and “blueberry cheesecake.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

As soon as he heard the message Jason started, and as he went Hera shed radiant grace upon him, so that all who saw him marveled at him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

And in May 2025 Trump sounded more than a little envious of his Arab hosts as he praised the marble of Qatar's royal palace as "perfecto" and marvelled at Saudi Arabia's architecture.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

"I can make out all the letters of the alphabet, even the smallest ones," he marvelled, pointing to his phone screen.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Maher, a crochety liberal-leaning comic who has grown more crochety and less liberal as societal norms have passed him by, marvelled at the fact that he could make the commander-in-chief laugh.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025

The crowd marvelled at his link play with Dragons pal Rio Dyer as the wing typified the new carefree attacking approach.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2024

Between equations, they marvelled that their tests would be scored to the whole point, instead of to five decimal places.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

In another, he toured the inside of an American fire station, marveling at the size of the trucks and the station itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

I’ve returned, spending time with friends, exploring neighborhoods, enjoying the parks and marveling at the lakes that seem to appear around every corner.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

“She would stare at a tree: ‘Look at the way the sun goes through the branches,’” Padilla says, marveling.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

In fact, your guide probably has had no direct knowledge of—or even personal interest in—sunbathing on the Gulf Coast, rock climbing in Moab, or marveling at the architecture of Milan.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026

She fluffed her own hair as if marveling over the magic a good haircut could do.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Passengers tend to spend the first few minutes of the ride "marvelling, videoing the steering wheel moving on its own, taking selfies", Fischer said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Australian tourist Olivia Martell-Groves went all in for the seasonal experience, and donned a flower-printed kimono while marvelling at the flowers.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

His own style, which is to say his mind, was compulsively metaphorical, gorgeously maximal, enough so to make him worry about “an implicit marvelling at myself as expressor.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

"We were only there yesterday, marvelling at its beauty," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023

“Conjuring ain't marvelling, that's for sure,” Gran shouted from the porch with a laugh.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton