: feeling or showing great surprise or wonder
was amazed to hear what had happened
was too amazed to react at first
wearing an amazed expression on her face
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you'd be amazed at the destruction one small squirrel can cause inside a house
a visitor cannot help but be amazed by the size of the Great Pyramid
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Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
Scott and his brother, Seth, were more amazed by what Logan hadn’t written.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
The study authors were amazed to find this season-sensing ability in an organism that lives for only about five hours in the lab before dividing.
—Elizabeth Landau, quantamagazine.org, 11 Oct. 2024
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Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
Scott and his brother, Seth, were more amazed by what Logan hadn’t written.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
The study authors were amazed to find this season-sensing ability in an organism that lives for only about five hours in the lab before dividing.
—Elizabeth Landau, quantamagazine.org, 11 Oct. 2024
However, that tester was amazed by the Lasso Pro’s lightweight construction.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for amazed
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“Amazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amazed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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