The feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising.
1 He said: I am, to the astonishment of certain journalists, an optimist.
2 She looked up in astonishment when the two appeared in the doorway.
3 To their astonishment it addressed them in Arabic, in the following words:
4 He listened in great astonishment ; he had never heard of it before.
5 He was pleased by what he saw to the point of astonishment .
6 I looked at the man awhile in solid astonishment ; then I says-
7 This is the way they write, to the astonishment of the simple.
8 He opened this in some surprise and read it in great astonishment .
9 The colonel and the major stared at each other in blank astonishment .
10 The examining magistrate and the public prosecutor had drawn nearer in astonishment .
11 His surprise made him stupid; he was in an abyss of astonishment .
12 The new IATSE president took the stage, feigning astonishment at his fortune.
13 He drew back, staring in astonishment at the crimson in her face.
14 FERDINAND remains in speechless astonishment for some moments; then rushes wildly out.
15 No officer of the court attempted to control the outburst of astonishment .
16 The woman looked at her in greater astonishment than the occasion demanded.
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Astonishment в диалектах
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