: feeling or showing great surprise or wonder
was amazed to hear what had happened
was too amazed to react at first
wearing an amazed expression on her face
Examples of amazed in a Sentence
you'd be amazed at the destruction one small squirrel can cause inside a house
a visitor cannot help but be amazed by the size of the Great Pyramid
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For example - our interns are both amazed and delighted when their work becomes new content in our vehicles.
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
As a lifelong skywatcher, Harry remembers watching the Perseid meteor shower every summer in his hometown and being amazed by the wonders of the night sky.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Both men were amazed to hear of Blair’s troubles - and persistence - in trying to secure a logger over the past year and a half, by phone, email and video conferences from his home in Phoenix.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
Experienced goalkeeper coaches were said to be amazed by the intricate detail of his coaching, forcing them to reconsider established norms and view the separate aspects of goalkeeping as being interconnected.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
As a lifelong skywatcher, Harry remembers watching the Perseid meteor shower every summer in his hometown and being amazed by the wonders of the night sky.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Both men were amazed to hear of Blair’s troubles - and persistence - in trying to secure a logger over the past year and a half, by phone, email and video conferences from his home in Phoenix.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
Experienced goalkeeper coaches were said to be amazed by the intricate detail of his coaching, forcing them to reconsider established norms and view the separate aspects of goalkeeping as being interconnected.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for amazed
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“Amazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amazed. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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