astonish

We had no inkling at the time what the public response would be - but it was soon clear that something astonishing was happening.

His astonishing erudition encouraged him to tread where few playwrights before him had dared to go.

Nicholas Hytner, who directed Stoppard's play The Hard Problem at the National Theatre in London 10 years ago, celebrated the playwright's "astonishing generosity and curiosity about the work of others".

England capitalised on an astonishing first morning of the second Test in Adelaide.

Fast bowler Cummins, who has not played since July, missed Australia's astonishing defeat of England in the first Test in Perth.