amazement
Example Sentences
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Wide receiver Jeremiah Smith snagged a pass with one hand near the sideline, drawing audible amazement from the crowd of 104,168.
From Los Angeles Times
“Bigfoot attacks are so rare,” Ms. Chobot says, voicing amazement at Skip Welch’s contention that the creature was the culprit.
Yet what began as amazement turned to discomfort as he reckoned that, before too long, most of the facility’s humans would be unnecessary.
The experts recall with amazement and appreciation the level of curiosity and celebrity he commanded in courtrooms across the Jim Crow South, charming even the bigoted lawyers and judges whose unjust rulings he challenged.
From Salon
And to my amazement – one of the phage I collected from my toilet was able to kill this infection in the lab.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
