astonished
adjective
as·ton·ished
ə-ˈstä-nisht 
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The duo both let out an astonished gasp and awkwardly stare in disbelief.
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Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Ed Sheeran and Diljit Dosanjh shock fans on social media with surprise duet
Sheeran and Dosanjh’s duet set social media ablaze, with astonished fans expressing their amazement at the singers’ collaboration.
—USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Yet that's what one astonished resident in Tampa found early Thursday morning, according to aerial night vision footage showing the creature making its way around a pool area.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024
No one is more astonished by all this than Manilow himself.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
These are the moments, in the astonished silence after catastrophes, when most people suddenly become hyperaware of intelligence agencies in their all-too-human reality.
—Tamsin Shaw, The New York Review of Books, 18 Jan. 2024
Magni still sounds slightly astonished about her success in Federica’s case.
—Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
His eighteen-year-old daughter, Zarina, was pregnant, and looked at me with astonished eyes, green and yellow like the grass of the steppe in summer.
—Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
Expressions of astonished glee lit up both kids’ faces.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Ed Sheeran and Diljit Dosanjh shock fans on social media with surprise duet
Sheeran and Dosanjh’s duet set social media ablaze, with astonished fans expressing their amazement at the singers’ collaboration.
—USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Yet that's what one astonished resident in Tampa found early Thursday morning, according to aerial night vision footage showing the creature making its way around a pool area.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024
No one is more astonished by all this than Manilow himself.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
These are the moments, in the astonished silence after catastrophes, when most people suddenly become hyperaware of intelligence agencies in their all-too-human reality.
—Tamsin Shaw, The New York Review of Books, 18 Jan. 2024
Magni still sounds slightly astonished about her success in Federica’s case.
—Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
His eighteen-year-old daughter, Zarina, was pregnant, and looked at me with astonished eyes, green and yellow like the grass of the steppe in summer.
—Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
Expressions of astonished glee lit up both kids’ faces.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
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“Astonished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astonished. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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