as in amazement
the rapt attention and deep emotion caused by the sight of something extraordinary
gazed in wonderment at the holiday decorations
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Recent Examples of wonderment
Again, Adams brings that right mix of tenderness and annoyance, between holy wonderment and existential boredom.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
Some children look at the sculpture with wonderment, others with confusion.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Concepts like love, suffering, sweetness, and pain move out from the institutional confines of the church to a feeling of wonderment often connected with the experience of nature.
—Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Life can be so monotonous and there are so few things that inspire a sense of genuine wonderment and amazement about life and being alive.
—Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
Some children look at the sculpture with wonderment, others with confusion.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Concepts like love, suffering, sweetness, and pain move out from the institutional confines of the church to a feeling of wonderment often connected with the experience of nature.
—Simon Critchley, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Life can be so monotonous and there are so few things that inspire a sense of genuine wonderment and amazement about life and being alive.
—Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonderment
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The four words were first spoken here on a bright spring afternoon at Camelback Ranch, my astonished syllables joining similar tones of amazement floating from every corner of a crowded press box.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Belichick showed up to the amazement of his squad dressed in a full pirate outfit with his then-wife Debby Clarke Belichick.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
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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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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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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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“Wonderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonderment. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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