: feeling or showing great surprise or wonder
was amazed to hear what had happened
was too amazed to react at first
wearing an amazed expression on her face
Examples of amazed in a Sentence
you'd be amazed at the destruction one small squirrel can cause inside a house
a visitor cannot help but be amazed by the size of the Great Pyramid
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Speaking to the media Sunday after his final round at the Genesis Invitational that Tiger annually hosts, Scheffler seemed amazed at what Woods has been able to accomplish after the level of injuries he's sustained over his career.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Father stunned when stranger pays his restaurant bill A dad having breakfast with his kids was amazed when a stranger out of nowhere took care of his bill.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
After the first experiment, Goforth said, researchers were amazed the turtles had learned to return to the same spot.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Gary Fencik, a safety for 12 seasons — including 1985, when the Bears won their only Super Bowl — was often amazed at how much knowledge McCaskey retained.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
Father stunned when stranger pays his restaurant bill A dad having breakfast with his kids was amazed when a stranger out of nowhere took care of his bill.
—Khloe Quill, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
After the first experiment, Goforth said, researchers were amazed the turtles had learned to return to the same spot.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
Gary Fencik, a safety for 12 seasons — including 1985, when the Bears won their only Super Bowl — was often amazed at how much knowledge McCaskey retained.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Amazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amazed. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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