How to Use astonished in a Sentence

astonished

adjective

• Most of the trees were still in bloom, shedding white petals on grass that was a bright, astonished green.
  — Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Jan. 2022
• Moore held a hand to her cheek, astonished and thrilled at the transformation.
  — Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2023
• Afghans were no less astonished by the speed with which their government crumbled.
  — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
• But most of the characters in the show at least get a moment of feeling astonished and adrift.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 June 2024
• They were also astonished to learn that the note was nearly a century old.
  — Washington Post, 30 June 2021
• Ann knocked on the door, which was opened by a teenage girl flanked by a passel of astonished children, then their mother.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
• The duo both let out an astonished gasp and awkwardly stare in disbelief.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
• People rushed in for fist bumps and high fives and selfies with the astonished veterans, some of whom were moved to tears.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
• Be astonished, too, by the country making theater a theater of war.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• One corker of a courtroom exchange is such a stunner that readers will be left astonished.
  — Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2018
• Between the tomatoes and the shed sits an astonished-looking dragon.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2022
• Teague took off running and soared over the receptacle, then relished the astonished cheers of those who had put him up to it.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2020
• The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.
  — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 21 Oct. 2024
• Someone’s social media post surely got lots of likes and astonished face emojis.
  — New York Times, 23 July 2021
• The astonished congregants see it as a direct message from God.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 May 2021
• Even Jeff still seems astonished to be in the presence of one of hip-hop’s founding innovators.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
• Live, the 11-year-old actor shared his astonished reaction to getting the note.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Dec. 2025
• An astonished Lara asks them to move to the crew mess, which makes Wihan huff and puff in irritation.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
• The camera cut to his mother and sister in the audience — who had their own astonished reactions.
  — Jerry Portwood, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2021
• Amid the biting jokes and astonished tweets were some more serious digs at Bezos and his business practices.
  — Washington Post, 20 July 2021
• Meanwhile, The Pitt only has two wins so far, but Shawn Hatosy wins most astonished speech.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
• One of the creatures bounded away in a freakish, kangaroo-like hop, leaving an astonished Bullard flailing.
  — Oliver Milman, Wired, 20 Nov. 2021
• At $424, things were looking up a bit, though most of the world was still astonished people would pay that much for a digital currency.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2017
• But he was still astonished to receive a letter from McCartney asking him to take a stab at covering one of his songs.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2022
• His eighteen-year-old daughter, Zarina, was pregnant, and looked at me with astonished eyes, green and yellow like the grass of the steppe in summer.
  — Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• When Sarthak Malani passes other runners in a half-marathon, the astonished look on their faces gives him a little ping of satisfaction.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 4 June 2022
• If Donkey Hodie must appear astonished, her normal eyes can be replaced with more surprised-looking versions.
  — New York Times, 2 May 2021
• Mayor Muriel Bowser appeared somewhat astonished at the brazen actions of the shooter with officers in the area.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 20 June 2022
• Serving into the sun in the final game, Osaka clunked her shot off the lip of her racket, blooping the ball past an astonished Tomljanović.
  — Steven Wine, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• The fishermen proudly displayed their catch for astonished locals, and researchers have confirmed from a photo taken at the time that the shark on display was indeed a bull shark.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024