Thesaurus / amazement
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Even though I gave away or sold perhaps 150 boxes of books in 2020, the stunned amazement of anyone who wanders into my basement or attic apparently remains, to quote Sherlock Holmes, the one fixed point in a changing age.
HOW DID ALL THESE BOOKS GET INTO MY HOUSE? THERE’S A METHOD TO WHAT SEEMS LIKE MADNESS.MICHAEL DIRDAJANUARY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POST
I expressed amazement to Cline that after spending most of a year tracking mask brokers, watching billions in federal dollars spent to get supplies for hospitals like hers, that PPE was still scarce, rationed or nonexistent in many hospital settings.
“THOSE OF US WHO DON’T DIE ARE GOING TO QUIT”: A CRUSH OF PATIENTS, DWINDLING SUPPLIES AND THE NURSE WHO LOST HOPEBY J. DAVID MCSWANEDECEMBER 30, 2020PROPUBLICA
To my amazement, those same 80 people were getting everything done with a passion that seemed higher than ever.
WHAT IF YOUR COMPANY HAD NO RULES? (BONUS EPISODE)MARIA KONNIKOVASEPTEMBER 12, 2020FREAKONOMICS
Here the Dragoon groped a little on the naked scull, and cried with amazement, that "it was as cold as a knee-pan."
TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN (VOL 3 OF 3)THOMAS CARLYLE
The twins held up their hands in amazement, "tcht-tcht-tchting" simultaneously.
BUDNEIL MUNRO
Indeed the French girls skill with her hands was an amazement to everybody.
THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS' CAREERSMARGARET VANDERCOOK
After amazement came indignation at such frightful abuse of concentrated wealth.
PHILIP DRU: ADMINISTRATOREDWARD MANDELL HOUSE
As if to add to her amazement, she saw—perhaps a hundred feet down—some large, dark hulk.
SIGN OF THE GREEN ARROWROY J. (ROY JUDSON) SNELL
For an instant Buck had all he could do to conceal his amazement at this extraordinary turn of events.
SHOE-BAR STRATTONJOSEPH BUSHNELL AMES
The devil you did, the roundsman said, as much with irritation as with amazement.
THE WHITE TERROR AND THE REDABRAHAM CAHAN
WORDS RELATED TO AMAZEMENT
- abruptness
- amazement
- astonishment
- astoundment
- attack
- awe
- bewilderment
- bombshell
- consternation
- curiosity
- curveball
- disappointment
- disillusion
- epiphany
- eureka
- eye-opener
- fortune
- godsend
- incredulity
- jolt
- kick
- marvel
- miracle
- miscalculation
- phenomenon
- portent
- precipitance
- precipitation
- precipitousness
- prodigy
- rarity
- revelation
- shock
- start
- stupefaction
- suddenness
- thunderbolt
- unexpected
- unforeseen
- whammy
- wonder
- wonderment
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.