astonishment

Example Sentences

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Seattle to my everlasting astonishment lowered its standards all the way down to under the bridge.

From Seattle Times

The astonishment that humans experience at the apparent sentience of chatbots isn’t a new phenomenon.

From Los Angeles Times

One of his two female co-anchors, Poppy Harlow, responded with astonishment — “Wait!” — while the other, Kaitlan Collins, whom Lemon has in the past accused of interrupting him on air, did no such thing on Thursday.

From Seattle Times

Or maybe some kid will discover a De La song, make a TikTok with it or just listen with astonishment at what was made by kids like him some three decades back.

From Washington Post

After Paone Levy unloaded the two granola bars, her husband tweeted with astonishment about the exchange — a post that provoked other people to share their own observations about Buy Nothing’s bizarro economy.

From Washington Post