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Recent Examples of astonishment In her episode, Roan recreates the cover of her 2023 album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, all while going long about her influences and her astonishment at her meteoric rise to stardom. James Factora, Them, 6 Feb. 2025 In fact, his age was a major contributor to the collective astonishment felt throughout the sport. Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2025 ProPublica has heard from dozens of voters who expressed astonishment and anger at state appeals court Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing attempts to cancel their ballots. Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 27 Jan. 2025 The state's parole board denied a request for release from prison by Susan Smith, convicted in 1995 of drowning her two young boys in a high-profile case that caused astonishment over a mother killing her own children. Jason Alatidd, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for astonishment
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Noun
  • To our collective amazement, the RGB LEDs were able to create wholly recognizable color images.
    Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Nonetheless, the smoke continued to spread and to her amazement, Echo went to the refrigerator and got a bottle of water.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine launched its shock incursion into Kursk in August, swiftly capturing territory in what was the first ground invasion of Russia by a foreign power since World War II.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025
  • However, as the camera pans around to take in all of the other Yellowjackets’ reactions, there’s a wide variety of emotions: Shauna is in shock.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In a sector like luxury, defined by tradition, exclusivity, and craftsmanship, the emergence of new technologies generates both admiration and concern.
    Esade Business & Law School, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Cho has noted his admiration for the great early-twentieth-century French pianist Marcelle Meyer, whose Ravel recordings are unsurpassed.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There are plenty of people yelling at Google online about this because the devices remain hugely popular, and that's no surprise.
    Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Through their discussion, Kantrowitz was proven right as the room filled with collective gasps of surprise and groans of frustration.
    Carmen Rios, Flow Space, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Jon, meanwhile, holes up in his squalid quarters surrounded by takeout containers and dirty clothes while hooked onto a cheap-looking VR game that hardly inspires the wonderment in us it’s supposed to in him.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Compared to the Spider-Verse movies, there’s no wonderment at the visual ingenuity, and compared to X-Men ’97, there’s no ambitious subtext to be elevated to the surface.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025

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“Astonishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astonishment. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.

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