astonish
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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
No matter the general state of the project she was in, Smith never failed to illuminate, astonish and entertain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
Bouden added that “I have a lot of hope that Tunisia is going to get better and better, and it will accomplish things that will probably astonish you in the coming months.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
It makes fans believe in the human capacity to astonish and inspire.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
It used to astonish us that everyone here has so many children: six or eight or nine.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Not particularly exhausted either, which always astonishes me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
The architectural wonder of writer-director Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar immigrant epic “The Brutalist” astonishes onscreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
“I’d like to do something with them like the canvases of the sunflowers because it astonishes me that no one has done them as I see them.”
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
I love dusk; it always astonishes me that something so beautiful happens every single day.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
Isaiah Berlin called Alexander Herzen “a Russian Voltaire,” who astonished his 19th- century audiences with a “prodigal opulence of intellect.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Some experts were astonished by the price tag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
First reported by Derry Now, external, Laura said doctors were astonished when she was born with the condition in 1998.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Fedorova's employers said this week they were astonished to learn of the expulsion order, which they said amounted to "a particularly serious infringement of freedom of expression".
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Alex pulled with all his strength and was astonished when his leg came free.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
Her interest was sincere, astonishing and made for very long meetings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The high cost of the books reflects an astonishing input of labor: Monotype casters form letters, numbers and symbols from lead alloy heated to 680 degrees Fahrenheit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
He had just published astonishing photographs taken amid the ruins of the old city, recently liberated from ISIS, that had been the epicenter of global jihadism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Authorities said flames spread north and northeast, away from Somersett, with astonishing speed through extremely dry grass and brush.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Mesmerized by the astonishing news on CBS, they didn’t go back to Charlie McCarthy.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing astonish
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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