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verb

present participle of stun

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Recent Examples of stunning
Adjective
View gallery - 6 images Hyundai just unveiled its stunning Ioniq Concept 3, a compact five-door with perhaps the most playful design language the company has experimented with in years. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025 Visually, the game is stunning. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025 Given their locations above our planet, both GOES-18 and GOES-19 caught stunning details of the sun in high resolution before they were momentarily blocked by the moon in a solar eclipse. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025 The Founders Hut is near two-track roads that are ideal for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing, while the Lewis and Clark Hut is set above the Missouri River and has great hiking and stunning views of the Missouri River Breaks. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stunning
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stunning
Adjective
  • This fall brings a mix of amazing films.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That alone is amazing, said Timbrook, Depue and a representative for the soft body armor vest that stopped a bullet from piercing the officer’s chest.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But if Julia’s delivery of her first child is about as wonderful as pushing a human out of your body can get — even the lighting is dreamy — her second child’s delivery is the exact opposite.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Morticia has this wonderful lighter look into the world as opposed to Wednesday.
    Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kids love the beaches and castles, while grandparents enjoy the relaxed pace and beautiful landscapes.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Like the blind father, the country is desperately trying to overcome its past and disadvantages, in pursuit of a more beautiful future — but that pursuit almost necessarily entails a brittle form of pride, which leads to various injustices along the way.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • According to Joy Gelbman, MD, a cardiologist at Weill Cornell Medicine, these results aren’t necessarily surprising.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • After my long flight home, I was relieved that the late-night visitor turned out to be nothing more than city workers on the job (and their job in this case, while surprising, didn't turn out to be too destructive).
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • People want to include crape myrtles and roses-of-Sharon as their privacy plants, for example, and both of those, while lovely in summer, would be bare and drab in the winter.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It’s been really lovely, also exhausting.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The evening was packed with rocking performances, emotional tributes and an unexpected amount of love for therapists.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The youngest of those sisters, Rosa, is played by the aforementioned Charli xcx, contributing a serviceable performance that doesn’t demand much of her apart from the need to look ravishingly exotic and rocking her famous mane of brunette waves.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Now a 23-year-old rookie in the WNBA, the financial transition was startling; five years ago, Bueckers didn’t even have a bank account.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill faced startling accusations from his estranged wife Keeta Vaccaro amid their divorce proceedings in Florida court.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Then, travelers settle on the ship for eight days to visit communities along the Ganges River, such as Matiari, a village known for its brass artisans, and Kalna, home to the astonishing Rajbari temple complex.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
  • An organic feel, curves, an astonishing representation of the body, a totally improbable position, even for Picasso.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Stunning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stunning. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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