- present tense form of astonish (3rd person singular).
astonishes
Example Sentences
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Not particularly exhausted either, which always astonishes me.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
What always astonishes me about your letters is their length My God, their length!
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
"Even today, the story of my father and my mother, while giving me much pain, astonishes me still," Blouin said.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025
“It astonishes me that no American male singer sings with a full voice anymore. Where have all the tenors gone?”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2022
Knowing that they'll grow older as time passes, they'll become old the way Gramps was, with gray hair and a tremble in his step, so much love still in their hearts—this astonishes me.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
