amazes

present tense third-person singular of amaze

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of amazes What amazes me is how the same film sparks such different conversations, depending on the room. Eitan Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 Remus, who is now 5, amazes his family by reading books on his own, a development which Whittenburg attributes in part to the Imagination Library. Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025 What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations. Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025 Selling 17,000 social robots still amazes me. Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 6 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amazes
Verb
  • His work astonishes and moves people far beyond the fashion bubble to this day.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nothing surprises me anymore in football.
    Sam Joseph, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Respecting the medium often surprises me with the most rewarding outcomes.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … 'BEEN THROUGH THIS' – Michael Cohen stuns MSNBC panel with statement about James Comey indictment.
    , FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Chamarel, Mauritius Spilling across the volcanic hills of southwest Mauritius, Chamarel stuns with its terrain—Seven Coloured Earth ripples in bands of violet, ochre, and rust, shifting under the tropical sun like a living canvas.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • These shocks land heavily on Hispanics, who are overrepresented in construction, service, and blue-collar work sensitive to inflation and policy disruptions.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The elder Hall’s indifference toward his son’s life shocks even his captor, prompting a bonding moment that softens the viewer’s perceptions of both men.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the dolphin gets closer to the glass, the Chihuahua lets out a bark that startles the dolphin, who then starts mimicking the dog's mouth movements in a sort of chasing game across species.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … HONOR CODE BUST – Navy scandal rocks Democratic candidate as new poll shows gubernatorial race tied.
    , FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • When a Palestinian teenager gets swept up into a protest in the occupied West Bank and experiences a moment of violence that rocks his family, his mother recounts the political and emotional threads that led to that fateful moment.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Amazes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amazes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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