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
And Harry, a man not given to expressing astonishment, said, L.A. has a river?
From Los Angeles Times
Like the average news consumer, Looney first reacted to all this with astonishment: Sunday afternoon, gunfire everywhere, nine dead?
From New York Times
“It’s amazing. The astonishment of these numbers: It’s incredible.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
