as in amazed
filled with amazement or wonder
with wondering expressions on our faces, we watched the acrobats perform their daring feats
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Adjective
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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
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Saxon says that never happened… and Chelsea looks surprised to hear that.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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Kouns isn't entirely surprised to see this to be a source of some focus among viewers.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Spaun looked bewildered as Rory stalked past him toward the 17th green.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Wondering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wondering. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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