marveling

variants or marvelling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for marveling
Adjective
  • In what seems like a parody of a ritual that exists mostly in the imagination of cartoonists, the proposal requires the gentleman to be on his knees offering an astonished lady a box containing a ring.
    Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
  • And the writer’s astonished eyes answer: yes, that was me.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • This run – and the exhausted, bewildered looks on the players’ faces throughout it – has no doubt shaped Inter’s odds to win away to Barcelona, which look pretty close to long shot territory.
    Sam Tighe, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In the two years since Tommy Elliott was killed in a mass shooting, Maryanne’s grief has, in turns, left her aghast and overwhelmed, bewildered and incapacitated, grateful and wanting to die.
    Kristina Goetz, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • My baby will kiss my cheek, slobbery and open-mouthed—a gift marked by a thousand tiny miracles.
    Jessica Slice, Time, 9 May 2025
  • As Samuel sashays toward the camera, the Old English KES text on his upper right arm and a gigantic open-mouthed snake on his left come into frame.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room.
    Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
  • The magazine saw itself as literary but not self-serious; if the stereotypical National Geographic story was a walk through the jungle recounted in hushed, awed tones, its Outside equivalent was a little dustier, wilder, and less reverent.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Marveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marveling. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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