marvel

The unshowy dedication to craft is a marvel, and so is much else in this crystalline little film.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The Ming dynasty floating-crab cup is a marvel to behold.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Completed in 1902, the building was an architectural marvel with a pioneering steel-frame construction making it one of the city's first skyscrapers.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

People still marvel at Miyazaki’s handcrafted backgrounds and his painstaking dedication to balancing its feather-light score with the melodies of flowing water or the gentle crunch of a child’s footfalls on grass and gravel.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

“A conjure marvel, of course,” Mama replied like it wasn't even a question.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Filmed on location in Sequoia National Park, “Wowsabout” follows live-action puppets Roxy, a hedgehog, and Ronald, a pig, as they go on a camping trip and learn about the marvels of nature.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

In addition to cars, marvels like refrigerators, radios and washing machines became commonplace.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

"I've seen workshops that are nigh on dust-free," marvels furniture maker and woodwork instructor Ryan Saunders.

From BBC ● May 11, 2026

Andy King, a lecturer in exercise science at Australia’s Swinburne University, marvels at Sawe’s carb intake in London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Like others there, he wonders whether something magic has happened and marvels at Patrick’s artistry.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

“And with music in Spanish, not English,” marveled Lara.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Touring a young United States in 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville marveled at Americans’ boundless appetite for commerce, industry and wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

I marveled at how much courage it must take to turn your real life into art, just for the chance that one person might see it and be impacted by it.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

ROMONT, Switzerland—Willy Wonka would have marveled at one of the machines at a manufacturing plant here—a contraption that injects flavors into coffee capsules via a set of whirring tubes labeled “hazelnut,” “caramel,” and “blueberry cheesecake.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

She stopped dead in her tracks and marveled at the beautiful sukkah, then realized there were three boys there she didn’t recognize.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

And in May 2025 Trump sounded more than a little envious of his Arab hosts as he praised the marble of Qatar's royal palace as "perfecto" and marvelled at Saudi Arabia's architecture.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

"I can make out all the letters of the alphabet, even the smallest ones," he marvelled, pointing to his phone screen.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Maher, a crochety liberal-leaning comic who has grown more crochety and less liberal as societal norms have passed him by, marvelled at the fact that he could make the commander-in-chief laugh.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025

In a botched attempt to address their concerns, President Yoon Suk Yeol visited a food market and marvelled at how "reasonably priced" the spring onions were.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024

Pippin marvelled at the amount that the Lord seemed to know about a people that lived far away, though it must, he thought, be many years since Denethor himself had ridden abroad.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

The three-story, 163,000-square-foot football-only facility opened Wednesday night, with Riley reflecting back on that napkin and marveling at how far the program had come since.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

In another, he toured the inside of an American fire station, marveling at the size of the trucks and the station itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

I’ve returned, spending time with friends, exploring neighborhoods, enjoying the parks and marveling at the lakes that seem to appear around every corner.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

I dashed over to examine the painting, marveling at the colors and shapes.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

Passengers tend to spend the first few minutes of the ride "marvelling, videoing the steering wheel moving on its own, taking selfies", Fischer said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Australian tourist Olivia Martell-Groves went all in for the seasonal experience, and donned a flower-printed kimono while marvelling at the flowers.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

His own style, which is to say his mind, was compulsively metaphorical, gorgeously maximal, enough so to make him worry about “an implicit marvelling at myself as expressor.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Amateur photographer Mick Priddle was standing on a cliff marvelling at the sky when he heard two loud screams from the sand below.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

The king and all his company sat silent on their horses, marvelling, perceiving that the power of Saruman was overthrown; but how they could not guess.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien