as·tound
ə-ˈstau̇nd 
astounded; astounding; astounds
: to fill with bewilderment or wonder
The unusual surgical techniques illustrated … will astound even the most bemused readers.—
Alan T. Marty
Alan T. Marty
archaic
: overwhelmed with astonishment or amazement : astounded
Examples of astound in a Sentence
Verb
The magician will astound you with his latest tricks.
What astounds me is that they never apologized.
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Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
But still many have been astounded by the speed with which his administration broke from decades-long defense policies.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 May 2025
The before-and-after pictures still astound: a skeletal wraith on the left, a rosy-cheeked child on the right.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015
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Verb
The Juneteenth show in Texas was the culmination of an unlikely rise, literally to the clouds, for a Black woman whose courage still astounds a century later.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
But still many have been astounded by the speed with which his administration broke from decades-long defense policies.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The circumstances that brought this bit into reality astound me.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 May 2025
The before-and-after pictures still astound: a skeletal wraith on the left, a rosy-cheeked child on the right.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2015
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“Astound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astound. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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