Example Sentences

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Astoundingly, those wide-open spaces of Central Washington are just 80 miles from Seattle — so close, and yet a world away.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Astoundingly, the very first time DRACO’s reactor would turn on would be in space.

From Scientific American • Jan. 27, 2022

Astoundingly, the hunt for Reggie netted another, smaller alligator.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

Astoundingly, 98% of the energy Costa Rica generates is from non-fossil fuel sources.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2018

Astoundingly, the eighty-one-year-old man took the brash twenty-four-year-old vagabonds advice to heart.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer