astonish

How To Use astonish In A Sentence

• If she levels a levelheaded, legitimate accusation, delegitimize it by feigning astonishment and outrage.
• What you do get, however, is a sequence of eleven pieces of music of astonishing variety.
• Ann rather astonished me by saying how she wouldn't mind a plate of egg and chips prior to leaving for the dinner.
• I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
• Over the years the area has struggled economically but what is happening there at the moment is quite astonishing. The Sun
• When she had said this she looked at Vinicius with astonishment and regret, for he had disaccustomed her to similar outbursts; and he set his teeth, so as not to tell her that he would have given command to beat such a brother with sticks, or would have sent him as a compeditus Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero
• Since draughtsmanship was the foundation of all his art, engravings, etchings, lithographs, linocuts, and drawings poured from him in astonishing quantity and quality.
• Friends and colleagues expressed astonishment last night as the news broke.
• Even in 1935 they were being sent an ‘astonishing amount of illiterate and unintelligent writing’, but practised readers spent little time on it.
• As it happens, the setback turned out to be the only hiccup in the 14 race series, and Andy made an astonishing recovery to claim 11 victories in his last 12 race meetings.