astonished
adjective
as·ton·ished
ə-ˈstä-nisht 
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Examples of astonished in a Sentence
was astonished at seeing a cow wandering down Main Street
grandparents astonished at how much their grandchildren had grown in the past year
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The giant wall of (working!) video monitors that Wagner and his team built ended up being a great way to pull the characters, and the camera, into the same astonished viewership as the ABC audience.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
Much of this diaspora has also responded to Assad’s downfall with astonished glee, some rushing to return home.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Outside powers, both those fueling the country’s civil war over the past 13 years and those trying to end it, were left astonished, unsure of what was happening, powerless to affect events, and grappling for an effective response.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
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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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
Much of this diaspora has also responded to Assad’s downfall with astonished glee, some rushing to return home.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Outside powers, both those fueling the country’s civil war over the past 13 years and those trying to end it, were left astonished, unsure of what was happening, powerless to affect events, and grappling for an effective response.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
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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“Astonished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astonished. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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