marveling

Example Sentences

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“To have someone like Michael Mayer say, ‘Come play this Russian chess master,’ because there’s something in me that he believed in, that is so cool,” he said, still marveling at his good fortune.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

A few nights ago, while sitting on her balcony, she caught herself marveling at the sight of “a beautiful golden missile” streaming through the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

He recounts marveling at the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism, which released Eastern Europe from bondage and allowed his own country to emerge from the shadow of the Soviet Union.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

She was happy then, she told me in our early conversations, marveling daily at the process of growing living things from the earth.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

“And everyone has their own death?” said Will, marveling.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman