astonished
Example Sentences
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They were also astonished to discover a massive, vertical sinkhole called a blue hole, 75km south of a bank called Grand Turk, that formed when a cave collapsed inwards.
From BBC
Almost five years had passed since the peddler’s spirit raps had first astonished the country.
From Literature
Grospiron for his part said he was "astonished" by a question from a senator as to whether he would also be resigning.
From Barron's
Americans are likely be astonished at how grievances from centuries ago seem like fresh insults.
“I was astonished,” Mr. Solomon writes, “to see how extensive and serious the plans for human space exploration had become.”
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