astound
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Synonyms for astound
Synonyms: Verb
amaze, astonish, bowl over, dumbfound (also dumfound), flabbergast, floor, rock, shock, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise (also surprize), thunderstrike
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Examples of astound in a Sentence
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The magician will astound you with his latest tricks. What astounds me is that they never apologized.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
But the battery life was astounding: 17 hours in our tests of the Asus NovaGo, which projects to about 21 hours in PCs like the Yoga 630. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Lenovo's Yoga C630 promises 25 hours on battery using Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon 850," 30 Aug. 2018 Rossi says he was astounded by Landmark’s collapse this year. — Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times, "Dino Rossi has done well in real estate, but his work is also fodder for campaign opponents," 16 Oct. 2018 There’s also a 50mm f/1.8 prime ($599.95) coming in October that Nikon tells me has astounded some of its engineers with sharpness and edge-to-edge clarity. — Chris Welch, The Verge, "Nikon strikes back at Sony with first full-frame mirrorless cameras," 23 Aug. 2018 Grace Kelly was an icon, not only for her star-making film roles, astounding beauty, and real life Cinderella story (although that certainly would have been enough) but also for her impeccable, trend-inspiring fashion sense. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Grace Kelly's Granddaughter Pauline Ducruet Grew Up Training Elephants in an Actual Circus," 7 Sep. 2018 Another Conservative, former cabinet minister Priti Patel, told the paper the move had astounded her. — Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY, "Sacre bleu! Fury follows claim that UK's post-Brexit passports will be made 'in France'," 22 Mar. 2018 Eventually the Moxos leaders revealed something that astounded him. — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, "Jesuit Legacy in the Bolivian Jungle: A Love of Baroque Music," 8 May 2018 The fact that some member states believe that condemning Hamas does not even deserve a vote is astounding. — Ben Evansky, Fox News, "After vote fails to condemn Hamas, Haley calls UN an unserious force for Middle East peace," 13 June 2018 There is much about the memorial and museum that astounds and horrifies. — Linda Matchan, BostonGlobe.com, "A sculpture’s trans-Atlantic passage from Ghana to Alabama," 31 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'astound.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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