Definition of astonishing
: 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.
Recent Examples of astonishing from the Web
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Esten’s output is an astonishing array of musical styles, sounds and themes, all with a country vibe.
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Now, a bestselling British author and screenwriter is making his own bid for detective story immortality with an astonishing Golden Age-style mystery novel.
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With the latest, and probably final, version of the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare due to emerge Thursday, the party leadership is in the astonishing position of desperately trying to design a workable plan to meet their deadline.
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Social Security faces more than $32 trillion in unfunded future liabilities, while Medicare is looking at an astonishing $58 trillion in future red ink.
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She's watched videos of the race and seems particularly taken with the steep, technical downhill, which elite racers descend at astonishing speeds.
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To a 12-year-old in the summer of 1970, that was an astonishing amount of freedom in one day.
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The S5 Sportback performs almost identically to the S5 coupe: 354hp (264kW), 369 lb-ft (500Nm), and 0-60mph in an astonishing 4.5 seconds.
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The 192,000 votes on April 20 came close to the 2014 totals for this district — pretty astonishing for a special election.
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Origin and Etymology of astonishing
see astonish
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