Definition of astonishment
1a : a feeling of great surprise and wonder : the state of being astonished : amazement The garden's beauty filled me with astonishment.b : consternation
2 : something that astonishes : a cause of amazement or wonder Everything that he had seen so far … had been so astonishing that he began to wonder whether there could possibly be any more astonishments left. — Roald Dahl
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Examples of astonishment in a Sentence
The garden's beauty filled me with astonishment.
A crowd watched in astonishment as he jumped from the bridge.
They discovered to their astonishment that their car had been stolen.
Much to the astonishment of her friends and family, she left school to pursue her acting career.
Recent Examples of astonishment from the Web
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Christopher Meyers, brother of the defendant and son of the victim, also expressed his astonishment.
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A video shared Friday by the agency shows a widespread mudslide — with cars buried to the wheel-wells in muck — as observers express astonishment.
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In 2009, in an act that engendered astonishment and rage among scholars, Mr. Zukofsky escalated prevailing tensions by posting a manifesto on Z-site, the official online companion to Louis Zukofsky’s work.
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Elspeth Levy had no choice but to walk around the block in her wedding finery, hike up her train, and climb over the patio fence as her guests gaped in astonishment.
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Johnson's lawyer, Robert Pickering of Hartford, expressed astonishment that police charged Johnson in the shooting in the first place.
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Rival networks have indeed been looking at what Netflix and, to a lesser extent, Amazon, have been doing, and their reactions range from outright envy to astonishment to abject anger.
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Caleb Brown, a postdoctoral researcher at the museum, grins at my astonishment.
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To Cole’s astonishment, the prime suspect threatened to join the militia during his interrogation.
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First Known Use of astonishment
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: a feeling of being very surprised
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