astounded
Example Sentences
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Netto says they had no idea how many leads they would get and were astounded by the good results.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Coumarianos adds: “I’ve walked a few clients through all the expenses they’re paying on insurance products for retirement savings, and they’ve been astounded, negatively, at how much their salesperson has extracted from them.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
As the relatively sensible one, Gill, a constant companion to Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor, as in “Who,” is wonderful being astounded or upright.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
At the British embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, he was taken seriously by MI6, which was astounded by the wealth of information the former archivist had to offer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
I was nonplussed, and I blurted out that I was astounded that he could not see himself how damnably false this story was.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
