How to Use astounded in a Sentence

astounded

adjective

• Jamie seems astounded by her guess and says that, yes, one was.
  — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
• My wife was astounded at how the new floor looks like real wood.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2023
• Hicks was astounded to learn that Mantle had hit so many in such a short time.
  — Pat Borzi, New York Times, 19 May 2018
• His ability to keep calm and carry on astounded many in the crowd.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
• Monconys was astounded by the amount the baker had paid—six hundred livres!
  — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
• Fans remain astounded at how a few photos opened such an uncanny path to fame.
  — Sha Hua, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• Brauker hung a cell camera on one of his new mushroom plots last fall, and was astounded at the results.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026
• To this day, Selig remains astounded by what Griffey told him.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
• The 50-year-old was astounded when his most recent bill hit $367.
  — Josh Saul, Bloomberg, 13 Apr. 2026
• Anyone who looks at this continues to be astounded at how problems from the past keep coming up.
  — James Rufus Koren, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• Sitting in just 4 ½ feet of water, the catch rate on jigheads and minnows astounded.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022
• Winfried, to his credit, is astounded.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
• But Bridges was astounded at the lengths staff took to keep her, her family and her son comfortable.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 12 May 2024
• In the days that followed, national media and others seemed astounded by my win.
  — Rosemary Ketchum, Time, 21 May 2021
• Even the most jaded racing fans come away from Old Friends astounded by the lineup.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2020
• The sobbing in some of the interviews has left spectators a bit astounded.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
• When Rodgers walked in with a cane and introduced himself, the men couldn’t help but stare, astounded to see him on his feet.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2021
• But after their son had been wheeled into surgery, Reymon and Alyssa were astounded again.
  — Marcos Bretón, sacbee, 31 Aug. 2017
• Her father remains astounded by the tactics of the landlord and the Cullimore law firm.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021
• Weir said the staff accompanying her were just as astounded and apologized to her.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
• The tweet quickly went viral, with thousands of likes and retweets, as well as hundreds of replies from fellow astounded tweeters.
  — Kim Quindlen, Teen Vogue, 19 Nov. 2018
• Jenna Bush Hager is astounded by her daughter's makeup skills.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
• The author is still astounded by its continued success with a younger generation at home and abroad.
  — CBS News, 12 May 2017
• At the time, the couple was astounded at their growth, shipping over 1,000 packages a month out of their small house.
  — Brittany Meiling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2021
• The late Queen frontman astounded audiences not only with his voice, but also with his fierce onstage looks.
  — Ellie Rudy, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2022
• Researchers drilling ice cores have been astounded to find more and more streams of water rushing below the sheet—a river of water scything through ice.
  — Julie Cart, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2017
• As Kerber read out the names of the witnesses, Hawash was astounded to recognize many of them.
  — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
• Many viewers in the comments were astounded at how well Jadyn's wife actually did.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
• The city is dirty — a friend just back from Mexico City was astounded to find the streets there far cleaner than the ones in her native city.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2019
• His producers were astounded, but horrified that it had been achieved using AI.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 May 2026