astonished
Example Sentences
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As he bowled up Downing Street to start his new job, he joked to astonished reporters that it was "third time lucky".
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
“Around this ‘ticker’ gathered and grouped a knot of eager, nervous, and anxious men,” wrote an astonished observer in 1880.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
Astute observers will be aspired and astonished by so many assurgent and assistive technologies to ascertain, with aspects that assault all known associated assumptions and assertions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
Overlooking David’s many strapping older brothers, the wise elder anoints the astonished kid as the next king, but cautions him that the ceremony must be kept secret.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
The words “Man on Moon” flashed before our excited and astonished eyes.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
