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astonished

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verb

past tense of astonish

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of astonished
Adjective
One of the most memorable examples is Caravaggio’s painting from 1601, in the National Gallery in London, showing an astonished apostle wearing a scallop shell on his vest. Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025 Very quickly, Hughes and the Hughes Aircraft company, with characteristic enthusiasm, took over the entire project and left Kaiser on the sidelines more or less as an astonished spectator. David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
Verb
Sue Bird, a WNBA and college basketball legend in her own right, was also astonished. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Director Robert Hastie and choreographer Jenny Arnold keep the quintet of actors in such constant motion, rife with genre winks and references, that I was astonished not to see Ben Stones’s crisp, transformable base costumes of pinstripes, suspenders, and ties soaked clean through by the finale. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for astonished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for astonished
Adjective
  • Jaeger was amazed by the online reaction to Ola's story, as many social-media users thanked the couple for saving her.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Her doctors, Flowers says, are amazed at how she’s been able to keep her condition from progressing.
    Nicole Pajer, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Wall Street Journal board agreed with Powell’s assessment but wasn’t surprised Trump lashed out against him.
    Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The defensive line crop of talent in this draft is so deep don’t be surprised if all 32 teams select one at some point in the three days of this draft.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Meade, who has no family history of breast cancer, was shocked.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Reyes broke into the apartment through the fire escape, shocked relatives told The News.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In the two years since Tommy Elliott was killed in a mass shooting, Maryanne Elliott’s grief has, in turns, left her aghast and overwhelmed, bewildered and incapacitated, grateful and wanting to die.
    Kristina Goetz, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
  • In the now-viral video, the tuxedo cat crawls out from under the bed, wide-eyed and bewildered.
    Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Astonished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astonished. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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