astoundment

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Some of those very same vistas may have inspired the works he rendered for our astoundment and pleasure on his show.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

A man had just landed from an Indian canoe, and stood on the bank, regarding him in evident astoundment.

From Five Thousand Dollars Reward by Pinkerton, A. Frank [pseud.]

Being fair agasp with astoundment at this new spinning of fate's wheel, I sprang up quickly—and was as quickly glad to fall back upon the pallet.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

The Judge and Jack and Mary gazed down at her in uttermost astoundment.

From No. 13 Washington Square by Scott, Leroy

Brouillard bit his lip to keep back the exclamation of astoundment that the blunt inquiry threatened to evoke.

From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis