astonish
Example Sentences
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After a disastrous rookie season, Williams—the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2024—exhibited astonishing progress over the course of the year to dethrone the Detroit Lions in the NFC North.
After Smith made an astonishing 184 in the second Test against India at Edgbaston in July, his batting average stood at almost 59.
From BBC
The Board of Deputies of British Jews said the case was of "profound concern" and demonstrates an "astonishing lack of due diligence by the authorities".
From BBC
She earned admission to the Drawing School of the Finnish Art Society at the astonishing age of 11, and four years later a place in a leading painter’s private academy.
Yet a more astonishing truth lies quietly within us: Nearly 8% of the human genome is viral in origin.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
