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verb

past tense of astound

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of astounded
Adjective
The Watch What Happens Live host proceeded to ask about the current season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills while Cooper, 57, was astounded by Hamm's deep knowledge of the reality TV franchise. Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025 The sobbing in some of the interviews has left spectators a bit astounded. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025 Countering Online Misinformation Following her diagnosis, Dr. O'Riordan was astounded by the amount of misinformation and dangerous rhetoric online. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025 In an interview with Rolling Stone in 1998, he was astounded by the success of his show. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for astounded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for astounded
Adjective
  • Instead, experts were simply amazed that a computer could finally recognize images with near-human accuracy.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Haney and a group of still-tight Hillgrove pals would visit Engram in the city and walk around amazed as their taller-than-average buddy since fifth grade drew oohs and aahs from onlookers.
    Luca Evans, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The following day, at a Dunkin’ beneath the Capitol complex, Rhodes held forth to astonished journalists about the righteousness of the assault.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The nearly two-and-a-half-minute clip shows many of the original film's iconic scenes, including Lilo's astonished discovery of the mysterious blue alien Stitch.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 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
  • The model's celebrity friends were equally shocked at the haircut.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • In post-match interviews, Pochettino sometimes seemed almost shocked at the lack of effort from his squad and suggested, vaguely at least, that other players would be brought in to replace underperforming ones should the issue continue.
    Pablo Maurer, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Saxon says that never happened… and Chelsea looks surprised to hear that.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Kouns isn't entirely surprised to see this to be a source of some focus among viewers.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025

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“Astounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astounded. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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