astonishing
adjective
as·ton·ish·ing
ə-ˈstä-ni-shiŋ 
: causing a feeling of great surprise or wonder : surprising
an astonishing discovery
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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Arriving at a moment when the movies have seldom felt more finite or more vulnerable, as an industry or as a medium, this astonishing work insists—in its title, and in the heroic force of Bi’s artistry and ambition—that every end really is a new beginning.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
To conjure something like this, with terror and starvation plaguing you at every waking moment, is nothing short of astonishing.
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In their own Christmas miracle, the duo scooped another £1 million, astonishing experts who estimate odds of a double win to be one in 24 trillion.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
In the years that followed, aviation evolved at an astonishing pace.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
To conjure something like this, with terror and starvation plaguing you at every waking moment, is nothing short of astonishing.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
In their own Christmas miracle, the duo scooped another £1 million, astonishing experts who estimate odds of a double win to be one in 24 trillion.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
In the years that followed, aviation evolved at an astonishing pace.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
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 22 Dec. 2025.
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