as in surprises
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
your ability to remember names and faces amazes me
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Recent Examples of amazes
More than 30 years later, what amazes me isn’t just what that team accomplished on the field.
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Charlie Davies, New York Times, 9 June 2026
This technology still amazes me.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
What still amazes a man who has to be hard to impress is the Gunnison Tunnel.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 June 2026
The second thing that strikes me more and actually amazes me is the fact that this is a story, a trope, that is repeated in most of the presentation of Agnes Pockels.
—Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Eva’s romance with her husband, Franklin Plaskett, delights and amazes her.
—Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
What amazes me is how good human beings can be in a crisis.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Personality-wise, Luca amazes me.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Charlie Davies, New York Times, 9 June 2026
This technology still amazes me.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
What still amazes a man who has to be hard to impress is the Gunnison Tunnel.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 June 2026
The second thing that strikes me more and actually amazes me is the fact that this is a story, a trope, that is repeated in most of the presentation of Agnes Pockels.
—Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Eva’s romance with her husband, Franklin Plaskett, delights and amazes her.
—Adelle Waldman, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
What amazes me is how good human beings can be in a crisis.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Personality-wise, Luca amazes me.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amazes
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His plans take a turn when Minnie surprises him and the gang with tickets to spend Christmas at a world-famous Ice Palace.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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What the program asks of you in return The 200 hours of sweat equity is the part of the program that surprises some applicants.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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More than 42,000 of those pieces were found over just the past eight years of excavation, a pace that astonishes even the researchers leading the work.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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His work astonishes and moves people far beyond the fashion bubble to this day.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Laura Dern looks amazing in marabou feathers, Marissa Long stuns in sequins, and Chris Messina is also there.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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Torch Lake in Michigan stuns with its clear turquoise water, glacial origins, and iconic summer sandbar scene.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
21 May 2026
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Many of those who knew the victims and the 25-year-old suspect say the news still shocks them.—
Julia Avant,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Bubbles Didn’t Enter The Picture That Early In one of the moist unintentionally hilarious moments in the movie, Michael shocks his family by adopting a CGI baby chimpanzee named Bubbles sometime around 1979.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2026
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The combination of flashing light and movement startles them.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
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If hypotheticals about what could have been are a good dream for New York Knicks fans, then Mikal Bridges is the alarm clock that startles them awake.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Throughout it all, Kudrow astounds.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the morning, after a hike through the village’s veins and up a rocky promontory topped with a statue of the Virgin Mary, the Belvedere della Madonnina astounds us with views onto the steep hills and Cala Feola—the island’s second, smaller port and Ponza’s only sandy beach.—
Kristina Kasparian,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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