astonishment

Example Sentences

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Seattle to my everlasting astonishment lowered its standards all the way down to under the bridge.

From Seattle Times

The astonishment that humans experience at the apparent sentience of chatbots isn’t a new phenomenon.

From Los Angeles Times

Opens after a girl — technically, a girl — won a sudden title, and a viewer might have wondered, “What’s in that person, besides the astonishment?”

From Washington Post

“We can’t repress our astonishment,” said a joint statement issued by the local branches of two major farmers’ organizations — the Korean Peasants League and the Korean Women Peasants Association.

From Seattle Times

To his astonishment, it contained a fairly complete fin.

From New York Times