wonder at
Example Sentences
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After watching events in Washington over the past week, I have an inkling of how Mr. Stengel felt—dismay and sheer wonder at the team’s incompetence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Her family and friends can only watch in wonder at what she will go on to accomplish next as she continues to amaze them daily.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“We’ve seen this before in the dot-com bubble when the market would slash the price of a dot-com wonder at the first hint it would not meet the market’s extreme expectations,” said Angel.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026
It’s a quintessential Joan Didion image: She imagines the day after the human race is gone, capturing both apocalyptic self-annihilation and wonder at the tremendous efforts we make to do something meaningful with our time.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
And today, like each time they have landed on my hand for the past two hundred years, I wonder at the weight of a sparrow.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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