How To Use Astonishingly In A Sentence

For all its moments of typical silent-movie hamminess, it remains astonishingly modern. Times, Sunday Times
Billings was a clumsy, maladroit man, his fingers astonishingly competent with a wireless set, his other limbs ungainly and shambling. IN LOVE AND WAR
The most desirable properties necessarily command astonishingly high prices.
What truly caught his attention was not her astonishingly contrasting beauty, but her secretive ways.
This singer has a penchant for scatting and surprising material, but where he has an astonishingly pure voice, hers has more feeling.

The owner and the "surveyor" were the people responsible, and the plans, directions and details given to the workmen were astonishingly meager. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today
The speed of her rise to fame has been astonishingly rapid.
First of all, we have Natalie Portman's astonishingly physical and emotional tour de force, which is worthy of every plaudit and award she has and will win. Scott Mendelson: 2010 in Review: Favorite Films of the Year
The new foliage is astonishingly delicate, as good as any maple, and everyone loves that primitive, fan-shaped leaf. Times, Sunday Times
As they wait for assistance to have the man taken into custody, they studiously ignored taunts and provocations and remained astonishingly polite throughout.
He likes to poor-mouth his candidate's chances so that the candidate will appear to have pulled an astonishingly strong victory.
Simon's search leads him to a strip club, where all the dancers sport astonishingly fake breasts.
He likes to poor-mouth his candidate's chances so that the candidate will appear to have pulled an astonishingly strong victory.
Last week, I was surprised (and chagrinned) to learn that despite the widespread, inside-the-beltway knowledge of Senator David Vitter's (R-La.) prostitution scandals, an astonishingly large segment of his statewide electorate had no awareness of his past. Louisiana Democrats Drop Vitter Prostitution Video Opus
She has achieved what must be one of the more astonishingly high degrees of popularity in dance globally.
Astonishingly, there was virtually no opposition either from booksellers or university professors. Times, Sunday Times
These astonishingly well-preserved bones belong to an entirely new species of human ancestor who lived nearly two million years ago - and may have bridged the gap between ocean acidification, which is dubbed the 'evil twin of global warming', caused by a rise in human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), threatens the world's oceans. WN.com - Articles related to '10 most wanted' plants inspected for clues to climate change
I'm not a single malt person like some whisky people I know are, but that stuff makes me astonishingly happy.
Eurozone leaders have been astonishingly flatfooted in response to this crisis. Times, Sunday Times
They were originally gilt and the effect must have been astonishingly different, radiant and looking like a golden altar canopy.
Finally, in 1995, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz in Switzerland made a claim that stuck: 51 Pegasi b, a Jupiter-size planet about 50 light years away that orbits its star, 51 Pegasi, at the astonishingly rapid pace of once every four days. It's Crowded Out There
It's an astonishingly accomplished piece of carving. Times, Sunday Times
The decorations alone, often of densely packed plants and flowers with a symbolic significance now lost on most of us, are astonishingly imaginative, sometimes bawdy and often droll.
It's rather a good speech, ruined by his quite astonishingly poor delivery.
Thea, astonishingly and beamingly eight months pregnant, read two essays from her book, brief and impressionistic pieces that capture as no other kind of testimony can, the ways in which "intersex" is dismissed and pathologized. Lambda Nominee Reading
Billings was a clumsy, maladroit man, his fingers astonishingly competent with a wireless set, his other limbs ungainly and shambling. IN LOVE AND WAR
How else could one account for the astonishingly abrupt shift in the American horror film from the progressive, exploratory, often radical late '60s-'70s to the reactionary and repressive '80s?
The cavitation/jellifying of his internals had taken place, but astonishingly he had virtually recovered completely, apart from the loss of a few feet of small intestine, ten years later. Army Rumour Service
Astonishingly though, it's a conifer and is one of the oldest surviving tree species on earth.
Still, the masterful tone and astonishingly sophisticated writing in this novel redeem a lot of the awkwardness.
Astonishingly, or perhaps not so astonishingly given her unstinting energy, enthusiasm and skills of organisation, Alexander even manages to have a life.
And we already know that it was one of the most astonishingly UGLY hoaxes in recent American politics: Black "Obama supporter" robs, gropes and then "carves" a "B" for Barack backwards on the face of a Tareyton ad fake McCain staffer HS Blog - Homeschool Blog
It's an astonishingly accomplished piece of carving. Times, Sunday Times
I tested both the 2litre petrol and the 1.6litre diesel and both were astonishingly quiet. The Sun
In this study, the levels of reactive carbonyl compounds in commercial carbonated soft drinks were found to be astonishingly high. High-fructose corn syrup fights back | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
A mechanic in an incredibly filthy boiler suit chatted briefly with him, then, astonishingly, saluted him. CORMORANT
Astonishingly, more than 200 climbers were threading their way up the steep snowfield on that last weekend in May.
The huckster advertises an attractive item-an appliance, aluminum siding, a new kitchen-at an astonishingly low price. That's the bait, and consumers predictably rise to it.
The typhoon was astonishingly noisy now—the wind howled as the waves buffetted the base of the rig, and the relentless rain knifed into the steel exterior of the rig at seventy miles an hour. Gideon’s war
Astonishingly, he still has time to woo his commanding officer's wife. The Sun
Out across the water, Iona lay basking under an astonishingly blue Hebridean sky.
For all of the handwringing and concern trolling and conserva-snarking about how his progressivism is part of a cynical bamboozlement or hijacking of the left, leading to nothing but tears and disappointment, Obama has in the first 48 hours of his presidency proven to be astonishingly progressive. No More White Lies, The President Is Black | ATTACKERMAN
So his letters are astonishingly disordered and strange.
Further yet, he has astonishingly wondered aloud if she (Pelosi) would "castrate" House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Does Chris Matthews have a problem with women?
With its golden dome, this 18th century shrine is one of the most prominent Sikh temples in Delhi and offers a moment of astonishingly tranquility, given its location, in its large inner courtyard, which features a large rectangular pool. Delhi Mini-Guide: What to See, Eat and Buy Around Commonwealth Games Stadiums
Astonishingly Gupta remains silent, acknowledges neither the shouting driver nor my incredulous stare.
This was a quite astonishingly beautiful lacquer box with a lid.
The line of descent from the first organism to the manifold life around us is astonishingly beautiful, orderly, lawful and harmonious, the more so if there are no gaps that must be bridged by ad hoc divine interventions. Stromata Blog
an astonishingly placatory speech
The omnishambles at the Ministry of Defence is such that, astonishingly, it may have supplanted the Home Office as the government department least fit-for-purpose. The Chopper Wars
A similar problem with the r or EH reh sound is that between two vowels it is also rolled and here in many regions of México the final r in a word by a very macho speaker may roll astonishingly long and loud. Pronunciation of the Spanish Double "L"
Skin's tone is astonishingly even; texture dramatically refined.
Humans learn to speak by imitation, and are astonishingly good at it.
astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained
The range of his work is astonishingly broad: he was also an engraver, sculptor, photographer and interior designer.
But belief increases the likelihood of a predicted outcome: placebos against psychic ailments work astonishingly well.
The surface sense of strangeness between them, the undersense of intimate nearness -- thrilling as it was -- made speech astonishingly difficult. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India
It is, then, not only the impostor's willingness to deceive on which their success depends, but the fact that we are on the whole astonishingly trusting and generally do not expect to be lied to.
And, astonishingly to my mind, these companies are allowed to make cold calls to prospective clients. Times, Sunday Times
Astonishingly, there were not that many takers. Times, Sunday Times
It's stunningly designed and sounds astonishingly good, producing wide stereo sound from one box. The Sun
Home Rule than that kind of sapless Nationalism, astonishingly rare in The Framework of Home Rule
Actual retention of urine, that is, urinary secretion passed into the bladder, but retention in the latter viscus by inanition, stricture, or other obstruction, naturally cannot continue any great length of time without mechanically rupturing the vesical walls; but suppression of urine or absolute anuria may last an astonishingly extended period. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
But now the thunderstorm scrubs the air clear of any lingering harmattan grime leaving a sparkling blue sky with white puffy clouds and an astonishingly green and vibrant landscape whose existence I had almost forgotten about under the dust. Seasons and Chickens « Cameroon
Astonishingly, the senator was giving strong political views.
Do they just have a stable of astonishingly good writers or are there a couple of great editors in the back office with bullwhips?
His imagineering was usually optimistic, and astonishingly accurate. Times, Sunday Times
Though Declan had become an expert at torture, the immortals were astonishingly closemouthed, even withholding information about their natural enemies. Dreams of a Dark Warrior
The black vote is astonishingly loyal to the Democratic Party.
So why this distrust of virtuosity, this assumption that somehow, if your technique is astonishingly good, your emotional connection with the music must necessarily suffer? Come Fly With Me
We wolfed down fabulous hamburgers, ham hocks, duck and pints of ale, though Soames astonishingly stuck to Diet Coke and no dessert.
And when people on the street are interviewed they are, as always, astonishingly good at articulating their fears and doubts.
People surround their houses with frilly plants and especially with lawns - an astonishingly costly national extravagance.
Leaving it is astonishingly difficult and I will have real regrets and sadness. Times, Sunday Times
My conclusion - apart from my long held one that this Brownose cypher is about the most overpromted politician in British history I can think of (still astonishingly Labour's UK General election coordinator and Minister for Overseas Development) - he (they) would do it all again, - the exact same were they ever given another chance. Archive 2009-03-01
Until recently, troublesome youths were routinely birched by order of the magistrates; the culture was quite astonishingly different just a few decades ago. Fathers & Sons
Astonishingly the Commission failed to realize that its proposed ratio of one additional member for three constituency members would be inadequate.
At the car park we took more notice of the surroundings which are astonishingly furrowed with mysterious earthworks.
This is an astonishingly fine wine with great concentration and wonderful flavors of black cherry, chocolate, black raspberry and herbs.
We throve astonishingly in that first week, just as Susie had predicted; our fame spread, and the dago quality began to come in, not only from Santa Fe but from the valley below Albuquerque even, and the rancherias in the country round. Isabelle
Tons of people enjoy lurid palaver on an astonishingly wide variety of topics, and your specific frame of reference is not a bit rare.
One bore the address of Mrs. Floud and the other was quite astonishingly to myself, the name preceded by "Colonel. Ruggles of Red Gap
Beginners reveals, Lish allowed himself an astonishingly free hand in the rewriting, repagination and retitling of his friend's stories. Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
The most desirable properties necessarily command astonishingly high prices.
Astonishingly, there was virtually no opposition either from booksellers or university professors. Times, Sunday Times
Astonishingly the Commission failed to realize that its proposed ratio of one additional member for three constituency members would be inadequate.
Applying an astonishingly broad policy that prohibits students from even "condoning" discrimination (whatever that means), the university informed Julea that she would have to "see the error of her ways" and change her "belief system" to stay in school. Phi Beta Cons
Both are astonishingly good but we're warned to pace ourselves rather than dive in for second and third helpings. The Sun
They had the benefit of astonishingly light, strong bodies, so we needn't feel too ashamed about lagging so far behind.
Astonishingly, the second dish to fall foul of the diplomatic advisers was the one of which Genoa is mostly justly proud: pesto genovese, replaced on the menu by a “basil sauce.” Delizia!
In the current circumstances, this is an astonishingly bold, not to say unresponsive, strategy.
And - astonishingly - no armed escort or air protection was to be provided, the family members said.
This was an astonishingly prescient insight into what was actually to occur in the Russian Revolution.
But belief increases the likelihood of a predicted outcome: placebos against psychic ailments work astonishingly well.
But then, in one of those astonishingly swift changes for which the Himalayas are renowned, the rain stopped, the sky cleared, and sun shone brightly.
The big battles, astonishingly, feel flat and the whole movie lacks emotional depth.
For a man who's just done nearly four hours on stage he seems astonishingly unwearied. Times, Sunday Times
While our medieval art appears, well, medieval, the parallel achievements of Turkish creatives are bright, smart, clear-cut and astonishingly modern-looking.
He likes to poor-mouth his candidate's chances so that the candidate will appear to have pulled an astonishingly strong victory.
A terribly nice and passionate man called Richard Jenkins from the Environment Agency is, as we sit hunkered comfily like a couple of slack-jawed yokels sucking long grass fronds on the banks of the River Wear, telling me some astonishingly interesting things. From toxic sewer to natural haven, the river Wear's return from the dead
Although no-one has ever followed through on its promises, Radio Ethiopia still sounds astonishingly prescient.
Apparently the sea views are spectacular too, though I was sidetracked somewhat by an astonishingly well-priced wine list, which the restaurateur himself imports.
That would be an astonishingly fast action on the part of the Congress.
I tested both the 2litre petrol and the 1.6litre diesel and both were astonishingly quiet. The Sun
It's astonishingly courageous the way he turns heads in crowds by his language, style, and flamboyance.
Indeed, the cost of the attack to the raiders was astonishingly light. Times, Sunday Times
They were able to question the truisms that dominated British political thought, and thus set out in astonishingly new directions.
Astonishingly beautiful results may be had with small baskets by using only one sort of plant in each, such as oxalis, ivy geranium or some trailing flowering vines. Gardening Indoors and Under Glass A Practical Guide to the Planting, Care and Propagation of House Plants, and to the Construction and Management of Hotbed, Coldframe and Small Greenhouse
They had the benefit of astonishingly light, strong bodies, so we needn't feel too ashamed about lagging so far behind.
Astonishingly, the telephonist did not ask who was calling and simply put us through to the head of regional targets.
Every new book by Coetzee is astonishingly unlike his others. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 - Presentation Speech
A friend of mine, a lady, when fresh in the country once compromised herself rather astonishingly by lending an ear to their multiloquence, instead of resolutely refusing her attention to all communication but that consisting of "yea, yea," and "nay, nay. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875
Cats are astonishingly effective breeders, and spaying one female can prevent the birth of 36,000 kittens within just five years.
The remarkableness of all these people was their ability, despite their drinking, to be astonishingly productive on a very high level of accomplishment. One From The Hart
The film is astonishingly beautiful in its pristine silver light, with snow on the ground and a weak sun low over the city.
Both characters are very real and quite maddening; Sibel in particular is astonishingly selfish and bratty, proving what a fine line it is between a force of nature and a total loony.
But belief increases the likelihood of a predicted outcome: placebos against psychic ailments work astonishingly well.
We have become accustomed to their astonishingly energetic performances and their exuberantly dramatic interpretations. Times, Sunday Times
E - mail has proved to be an astonishingly efficient tool for communication.
The black vote is astonishingly loyal to the Democratic Party.
The mad cuckoo behind the little door could not resist casting a shadow upon the virility of his enemy, just as the cuckoo astonishingly characterized those who demonstrated against the war in New York, October 1965, as "epicene" and "mincing" slobs, thus slyly assigning to sodom’s banner such unlikely recruits as I.F. Stone, Ossie Davis, and Father Philip Berrigan. R_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism"
Many of her rivals had facial hair and astonishingly fast times. Times, Sunday Times
One of the two men astonishingly spoke of the battle of /faɪˈlɪpaɪ/, which bears no relation to either the Classical Latin pronunciation or the traditional anglicisation. Latin and English – again | Linguism | Language Blog
But underneath there are three huge floors of basement, accessed by a descending spiral staircase that drops past an astonishingly beautiful sheet of underground rock. Times, Sunday Times
Joyce may be difficult, but the diligent reader is rewarded with an astonishingly bold and enlightening glimpse into the inner workings of the human psyche.
A cool breeze blows down the channel, there's plenty of shade among the huge silver-leaf paperbarks that hang over the banks and the water is astonishingly fresh.
Ben Jonson's "Catiline," it was but "a cast at dice in Fortune's hand" that it might have been a great defeat, Clive was astonishingly, grotesquely out-numbered. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)
Their complexions are dark and their features – dug out of a mat of astonishingly thick beards – are aggravatedly Hebraic in their cast. In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World
Leaving it is astonishingly difficult and I will have real regrets and sadness. Times, Sunday Times
astonishingly enough, all went as approximately planned and we saw Underworld last night. i walked away from the showing with mixed feelings, which seems to be the general consensus among people who didn't charge screaming at the ticket booth post-viewing, demanding their money back and making vivid threats involving "kneecaps" and "malatov cocktails." here then, is my opinion, which you may interpret as pure critical gospel or discard at your leisure. So...underworld.
An astonishingly complex biosphere, just... just hanging in mid-air. BEHINDLINGS
Astonishingly, he still has time to woo his commanding officer's wife. The Sun
With his snub nose, baby-face, and polite demeanor, Affleck is astonishingly good as Ford. Erica Abeel: The Killer Inside Me : Can Battering Women Be Entertainment?
The sad, ghostly taste of our imported fruit is, here, transformed into a steepling cornucopia of astonishingly beautiful things. Times, Sunday Times
The two were astonishingly productive, and some of the most noted men of the day were accused of appropriating their ideas.
The world's greatest living bass-baritone is astonishingly charming and down-to-earth. Times, Sunday Times
Its discoverer, Thomas Hodgkin, was a thin, short, nineteenth-century English anatomist with a spadelike beard and an astonishingly curved nose—a character who might have walked out of an Edward Lear poem. The Emperor of All Maladies
Astonishingly one of the judges, Tom Doorley, funked both drisheen and tripe - refusing to eat either.
The black vote is astonishingly loyal to the Democratic Party.
Our favourite thing to find was an astonishingly wriggly fish called a blenny.
Equally astonishingly, the format has become fashionable. Times, Sunday Times
Looking almost as young and lean as he did a decade ago, he is astonishingly convincing as a gangly teenager who has the world on a string.
The pace is astonishingly brisk which makes the novel a real page-turner, which is quite a surprise considering “The Given Day” clocks in at around 700 pages. "The Given Day" by Dennis Lehane
Granted, I’m neglecting the likes of Bloody Mary, but it’s still true that those women who climbed to power in monarchies had an astonishingly high success rate. February 2008
They had the benefit of astonishingly light, strong bodies, so we needn't feel too ashamed about lagging so far behind.
And his is an astonishingly multilevel portrayal. Houston Chronicle
Here, the game of matching his name to the appropriate subject can be astonishingly easy.
From his huge cowhide boots to the lead smouch that ran from his rough, square chin to the very edge of his astonishingly blond curls, he was one delicious mess of toil and old clothes and smiling, blue-eyed indifference. The Indiscreet Letter
But, though sober reason told him this, it was astonishingly comforting to be going to some one who could be relied on to see the facts of the situation without any of that 'flimflam' with which imagination is accustomed to surround them. The Freelands
But what I learned was that anyone subjected to such an ordeal -- enabled by a Church that was, astonishingly, more concerned about accommodating or using these priests than in cashiering them -- needed no such reminders. David Margolick: Tommy Deary's Long Overdue Justice
This sounds astonishingly like it might be sound logic, making nonsense of what the kura leaders are saying.
Within its limits the image blends two main features of Darwin's world, its astonishingly evolved, beautiful, sexual and reproductive contrivances and its deathliness.
There was the lightest touch of malty sweetness to start; then a surge of cleansing, refreshing, resiny, almost orange-zest flavours; and, finally, an astonishingly late, long finish of fresh, appetite-arousing bitterness. Mining Michael Jackson
Finally, this is all set in the most astonishingly beautiful never-never land of palatial bourgeois interiors of great beauty, but cold as death and utterly unlivable.
Well, he an astonishing man - an astonishingly corrupt and evil man.
The fleet did make a landfall; did put men and horses ashore; did engage the Japanese; but, astonishingly and in defiance of all precedent, were forced by the furious samurai into retreat.
It's an astonishingly accomplished piece of carving. Times, Sunday Times
In 1917 a further step was taken to bring all State lines, regardless of gauge, under a single management; again all the locomotives were renumbered, and astonishingly, the small Bagnall became the first of them all, as ‘No.1’!
We have become accustomed to their astonishingly energetic performances and their exuberantly dramatic interpretations. Times, Sunday Times
But to really get under the skin of a man if you're a woman or vice versa, to look at the world through their eyes and feel with their feelings is astonishingly hard. Amanda Craig discusses In A Dark Wood and describes the challenges of writing from a man's point of view
The birth rate is the lowest in Europe, reflecting deep pessimism about the future and the astonishingly high cost of housing.
With a little thought, one can make an astonishingly long list of imitative or echoic words.
Yet just when The Moon have apparently filed themselves under ‘Far Too Easy Listening’, they produce a corker - the astonishingly good ‘Hero Gets The Girl’.
Many of her rivals had facial hair and astonishingly fast times. Times, Sunday Times
It is also an astonishingly powerful, elemental and mystic structure.
Astonishingly the Commission failed to realize that its proposed ratio of one additional member for three constituency members would be inadequate.
Many of his works feature astonishingly mimetic renditions of fruits, flora, and vessels, as in the Bacchus.
The Chatham Islands are a small group of subantarctic islands with a unique and astonishingly rich biological heritage: the island group is home to 20 percent of New Zealand’s threatened bird species, and 14 percent of its threatened plants. Chatham Island temperate forests

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