How to Use marvel in a Sentence

marvel

1 of 2 noun
  • Our Harlem Knight had all of the urban skills that make a marvel of a black man.
    Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • This is the third film on the list centered on culinary marvels.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The pacing, playing, and singing of the outer movements were a marvel.
    David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Spiraling up from the living room, the marvel of steel, resin, and glass hints at what lies above.
    Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The result is a marble marvel that’s a bit more modern.
    Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But the fact Detroit Lions rookie was on the field at all Sunday was a bit of a marvel.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2024
  • At the garden stand, people exchange recipe ideas and marvel at the number of jalapenos.
    Grace Hollars, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Now, as in the 1960s, Starr’s drumming remains a marvel of taste and concision.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Leytham seethed as Inez, her rich mezzo a marvel to hear.
    Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • Here are the best things to do and places to stay in the architectural marvel hidden in Jalisco’s jungle.
    Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Look for things that get cheaper—that’s the only way to clear the smoke and get new marvels into global consumer hands.
    Andy Kessler, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The marvel is that this new hybrid face moves in real time on your screen, the sleight of hand nearly undetectable.
    Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2023
  • His recovery is a marvel of medicine, chance and his own spirit.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • My first impulse is to agree that this is an unalloyed marvel.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There’s the obligatory scene where Wang-Wang shows up at a house party, the youngest kid in the room, and marvels at strangers making out and getting drunk around him.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • These cables, only about as thick as a garden hose, are high-tech marvels.
    Jeremy Anderberg, Longreads, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The film was re-edited and dubbed in order to become the Oscar-winning marvel the world embraced.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s how to catch Thursday’s lunar marvel, including where to look and when.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Berlin, of course, was a musical marvel, writing more than 1,500 songs in his lifetime.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Part of the marvel of a piece like Terce is the rigor beneath its ecstatic surface.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The cup was rebuilt, a seeming marvel of scholarship and luck, as well as a window into a lost world.
    Tom Mashberg, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • At one-third of a millimeter in size, the head of the screw is dwarfed by the rice grain, a powerful reminder of the marvels of microengineering.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2023
  • That’s why the Nespresso Vertuo machine is such a marvel.
    Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 12 May 2023
  • Nor will her sister, Venus, a marvel at 42, who withdrew because of an injury.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2023
  • During the day, marvel at the place where two deserts—the Mojave and the Colorado—come together in a landscape rich with cactus, coyotes, and the park’s namesake tree.
    Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Fast, intelligent and as small as your thumb, hummingbirds are a marvel of a bird.
    National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The film as a whole, while a technological marvel with a breathtaking world, is just 🤣.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Back when having Harper in the lineup still seemed like a medical marvel.
    Dan Gelston, ajc, 22 June 2023
  • The title story is a marvel of economy, as two girls grapple with the sudden death of their aloof father.
    Hamilton Cain, Washington Post, 8 July 2023
  • Soon, the road gives way to oversize Joshua trees, and opens up onto the expanse of the world’s most famous geological marvels.
    By krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 12 May 2023
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marvel

2 of 2 verb
  • The doctors marveled that anyone could recover so quickly.
  • In the carousel, the healthcare providers marveled at his creations.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And to have four tracks in the top 50 on this new chart is something to marvel at as well.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The elder artist marveled about how the new star worked the 360-degree stage at the New Orleans date.
    Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Creative rest This involves marveling at the beauty of the world.
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But Galileo was hardly the first human to marvel at the Northern Lights.
    Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023
  • Prepare to marvel at the sprawling live oaks wrapped with white lights.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Researchers marvel at how much LLMs are able to learn from text.
    George Musser, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
  • Or come to marvel at the district's neon lights, dangling lanterns, and dozens of gold stores on the iconic Yaowarat Road.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The SpaceX engineers marveled at the video, which was captured by a camera on board the drone ship.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Wentz, who did most of the speaking for the group, marveled that the band had managed to sell out the Sacramento arena.
    Nathaniel Levine, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Swift’s boots Swifties marveled at how Swift walked onto the field turf in her stiletto boots.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • One of the perks of living on a boat in the middle of the ocean is the ability to marvel at some of the most stunning sunsets on Earth.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • During the game, players and coaches marveled at the sight of fans seated even in the highest rows.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Some days, Magno would stop and marvel at the size of their barge, weighed with thousands of tons of ivory-colored earth.
    Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • There’s a parking lot, kayak launch and plenty of places to stop and marvel at the steel structure overhead.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • The connection came from marveling at the age and how furniture was made then.
    Alexis E. Barton, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • Miller said, the boy marveled at the performers’ transformations and spent the rest of the day talking about it.
    Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 28 May 2023
  • On nearly every page of this book is a phrase or sentence to marvel over.
    Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Ahmed, who still marvels at LePage, is one of the batters who adapted.
    Zach Buchanan, New York Times, 28 July 2023
  • Kane marvels at how much Reggio comes to life when working.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But there wasn’t just one moment when a caveman picked up a hunk of pyrite, struck it against a rock, and marveled at the resulting sparks.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Guests can marvel at the waterfront views while sharing a meal in the spacious dining room.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The sun came out briefly Sunday in greater L.A., where residents emerged to marvel at mountains to the north and east blanketed in white.
    CBS News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Fans who caught glimpses of Riley during the game marveled at how grown up the tween looked, wearing her hair in long braids and dressed in a pink tie-dye hoodie.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Tourists flock to the monument to marvel over its high arched ceilings and stunning mosaics.
    Jessica Roy, ELLE, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Washington State coach Kamie Ethridge, speaking to Gottlieb before the game, marveled at the crowd.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Branner, the Venture Snowboards founder, still marvels at the impact of those meetings.
    Jonathan Weisman Benjamin Rasmussen, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The sun came out briefly Sunday in greater LA, where residents emerged to marvel at mountains to the north and east that were blanketed in white.
    Rick Callahan, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger is marveling at the genius of the Terminator films.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023

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