astonishing
adjective
as·ton·ish·ing
ə-ˈstä-ni-shiŋ 
: causing a feeling of great surprise or wonder : surprising
an astonishing discovery
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Examples of astonishing in a Sentence
He showed an astonishing lack of concern for others.
The truck can hold an astonishing amount of stuff.
She gave an astonishing performance in her first film.
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The dry desert mountains were covered in an astonishing amount of grass.
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J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
The goal is to preserve their quality of life by treating disease using only immunotherapy, and the early results, which were first published in 2022, are astonishing.
—Kelly Mickle, TIME, 2 May 2024
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J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
The goal is to preserve their quality of life by treating disease using only immunotherapy, and the early results, which were first published in 2022, are astonishing.
—Kelly Mickle, TIME, 2 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for astonishing
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“Astonishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astonishing. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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