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as in astonishment
the rapt attention and deep emotion caused by the sight of something extraordinary
Israelites watched in amazement as the Red Sea parted so that they could cross on dry land
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as in shock
the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual
imagine Dorothy's amazement when she discovered that the Wizard of Oz was just an ordinary man
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Recent Examples of amazement
TikTok viewers expressed their own amazement and fear of the scene in the viral clip.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Brown was mobbed by his teammates, while the Commanders sideline sprinted onto the field in amazement and shock, including head coach Dan Quinn.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
Williams’ performance and the ending to the game against Georgia set social media abuzz, with sporting legends such as LeBron James, Chris Paul, JJ Watt and Dez Bryant all expressing their amazement at his brilliance.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
You could be overrun by excitement, or overrun by just amazement, just shocked.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 11 Sep. 2024
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
Brown was mobbed by his teammates, while the Commanders sideline sprinted onto the field in amazement and shock, including head coach Dan Quinn.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
Williams’ performance and the ending to the game against Georgia set social media abuzz, with sporting legends such as LeBron James, Chris Paul, JJ Watt and Dez Bryant all expressing their amazement at his brilliance.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
You could be overrun by excitement, or overrun by just amazement, just shocked.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 11 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for amazement
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amazement
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The world will still exceed my comprehension and astonishment by orders of magnitude.Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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What ensues is a series of astonishments—a flexing of muscles not often associated with our too-sedate conceptions of Iranian auteur cinema.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
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The film’s second half goes in for horror-movie shock effects when the ghost of a white nemesis haunts the Charles family — bringing back the terrors of slavery — and the talisman piano becomes an instrument of exorcism.Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
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Tears of joy and literally in shock everyday koo koo crazy so in love and blessed !!!Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 26 Dec. 2024
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There's a humility in that, and there's an admiration of Bob too.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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What mattered more than the discernible admiration, however, was the considerable respect Atalanta’s achievements have brought.James Horncastle, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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But for those who have followed Swift's career for a long time, her generosity comes as no surprise.Shannon Power, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Elevated levels of consumer inflation combined with the latest Federal Open Market Committee member forecasts of future interest rates imply that a meeting without an interest rate policy change is unlikely to come as a surprise to market mavens and economists.Jason Schenker, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The girls become kindred spirits, sharing secrets, wonderment, and several key world events.Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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Generally, the drama does spectacularly well with abiding by a primal sense of magical realism — the finding of wonderment in the banal and the insertion of banality into the wondrous.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Amid a torrent of alarming headlines calling out rising sea temperatures, melting ice sheets and struggling coral reefs, new discoveries about our ocean sparked wonder.Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeable in the world.Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Amazement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amazement. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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