astonishment
[əˈstɒ:nɪʃmənt]
Definition:
1. A feeling of very great surprise.
2. The feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising.
'astonishment' example sentence:
- This perfect work makes the audience lost in astonishment.
- When he blew into it for the first time, to his GREat astonishment the bone began to sing by itself:
- To my astonishment, they published it and sent me two dollars.
- Lockhart was looking at Harry in high astonishment.
- He stared with astonishment.
- 'What?' Meg asked in astonishment.
- Marie blinked at it with astonishment and sat down on the floor.
- To my no small astonishment, I found the house on fire.
- I spotted a shooting star which, to my astonishment, was bright green in colour.
- Mr. Hurst looked at her with astonishment.
- To their astonishment, the engineers don't buy a ticket at all.
- I said yes. Then Gate stared at me with astonishment.
- The schoolmaster heard her with astonishment.
- Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.
- and gaze at himself with the mild astonishment in the bathroom mirror.
- To my utter astonishment , she remembered my name.
- In dumb astonishment, the teacher, putting down his book, looked at the boy.
- To my astonishment, she launched into an academic discussion of the imagery in Lawrence's works.
- Her astonishment, however, was extreme;
- He was filled with astonishment at seeing the dead body.
- The servant quitted the apartment with evident signs of astonishment.
- After I told her the news, she stared at me in astonishment.
- He stared in astonishment at the stranger.
- Both astonishment and joy, she could hardly say a word.
- To her astonishment, he smiled.
- Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror, oppressed her.
- To my utter astonishment, she remembered my name.
- 'But, why?' he asked in make-believe astonishment.
- How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
- The man looked at Sid in astonishment. " Listen, Mister, my name's not Peter, it's Wilfred. "
- To my astonishment, she could - from a standing start.
- He will never show sufficient astonishment at this lack of astonishment.
- Doctor Winter said in astonishment, " George Corell ? "
- Kay looked at her father in astonishment.
- Apparently well, then. Used in expressing astonishment, disapproval, or sarcasm.
- He gave a start of surprise and astonishment.
- "What?" Meg asked in astonishment.
- To my astonishment he showed up and filled my gas tank himself.
- Sitting pole-axed on the sofa, Mahoney stared in astonishment at the spectacle before him.
- To our astonishment, they arrived on time.
- Edgar sprang to his unbidden guest, blanched with astonishment and rage.
- He stood in an attitude of complete astonishment, and we burst out laughing.
- It was a sort of haggard astonishment.
- She confessed her astonishment at her light sentence when her father visited her at the jail.
- Both men stared at him in astonishment.
- It was discovered to everyone's astonishment, that she also appeared in the photo, right behind him!
- The Einstein robot can emulate 7 different human emotions including joy, disgust, and astonishment.
- She shrieked twice-first in astonishment, then in rage.
- As I stood up , I heard cries of astonishment all around me.
- I gasped in / with astonishment at the magician's skill.
- They heard the words with astonishment.
- He looked at me in astonishment.
- This book is based on my astonishment that nature and machines work all.
- Peter's astonishment was great.
- They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.
- The notary looked at the count with astonishment.
- and giving a sudden grunt of astonishment he began feeling me.
- It was but the inquiry of his first confusion and astonishment, the answer being obvious.
- The old lady stood petrified with astonishment, peering over her glasses; Tom lay on the floor expiring with laughter.
- I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.
- The detective himself turned to look at her. He blinked in astonishment.
- She is wide-eyed with astonishment.
- They gasped in astonishment at the news.
- The woman examined him with eyes of astonishment, and shook her head; she then addressed him in German.
- Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression.
- She looked at him with astonishment.
- She stood up quickly, giving a little cry of astonishment.
- Between astonishment and despair she hardly knew what to do.
- Tom's astonishment was bound-less!