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Recent Examples of wonderment Abi is a special-needs child, and McConnell wanted to capture her wonderment at the world in a song. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025 Jon, meanwhile, holes up in his squalid quarters surrounded by takeout containers and dirty clothes while hooked onto a cheap-looking VR game that hardly inspires the wonderment in us it’s supposed to in him. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025 Compared to the Spider-Verse movies, there’s no wonderment at the visual ingenuity, and compared to X-Men ’97, there’s no ambitious subtext to be elevated to the surface. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025 Trump and Iran:anger, weariness, wonderment as Trump exits U.S. from nuclear deal A Trump plot by Iran? Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wonderment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonderment
Noun
  • Observers watched in amazement as the aircraft performed a roll, with the centenarian veteran and his pilot briefly flying upside down, waving from high in the sky.
    Eric Noll, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That recruitment story, the one people repeat with amazement today, is now written into Charlotte’s soul.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Bare feet on grass, and astonishment at my little apple tree.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 31 July 2025
  • In an era of deepfakes and algorithmic sleight-of-hand, authentic astonishment is more valuable than ever.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Opinion polls have consistently shown him as the most popular Palestinian politician, and his time in prison has only increased the admiration in which he is held by Palestinians.
    Abeer Salman, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Alonso has only played for the Mets and has consistently talked about his admiration for the team.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The solipsism of low self-esteem is one of the wonders of the human psyche.
    Vivian Gornick, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Alves devoted part of that speech to the wonders of this country by providing the blessings of freedom and opportunity to people like him.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Wonderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonderment. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.

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