astonishing
adjective
as·ton·ish·ing
ə-ˈstä-ni-shiŋ 
: causing a feeling of great surprise or wonder : surprising
an astonishing discovery
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Examples of astonishing in a Sentence
He showed an astonishing lack of concern for others.
The truck can hold an astonishing amount of stuff.
She gave an astonishing performance in her first film.
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And the work of our photographers, often putting themselves in harm’s way, has been astonishing.
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Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Tech entrepreneur Jeff Atwood says wealth inequality in the U.S. is unfair, astonishing and un-American.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Rendered with all of the rich detail and disarming atmospherics that have characterized his work to date, Nosferatu is Eggers at the height of his powers: an astonishing, meticulously crafted, and oddly touching parable about desire, disease, and death.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The story of how the church was forgotten in a Brooklyn warehouse for over 20 years and then rebuilt (without instructions) is astonishing.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
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Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Tech entrepreneur Jeff Atwood says wealth inequality in the U.S. is unfair, astonishing and un-American.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Rendered with all of the rich detail and disarming atmospherics that have characterized his work to date, Nosferatu is Eggers at the height of his powers: an astonishing, meticulously crafted, and oddly touching parable about desire, disease, and death.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The story of how the church was forgotten in a Brooklyn warehouse for over 20 years and then rebuilt (without instructions) is astonishing.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Astonishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astonishing. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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