amazement
noun
amaze·ment
ə-ˈmāz-mənt 
1
: a feeling of astonishment : the quality or state of being amazed
was filled with amazement by what he saw
She stared at him in amazement.
2
: something that causes astonishment : something that is amazing
… the amazements that are turning up in physics each year …—
Lewis Thomas
Lewis Thomas3
obsolete
: consternation, bewilderment
Examples of amazement in a Sentence
The crowd watched in amazement as the magician performed his tricks.
Much to the amazement of her family, she left school to pursue her acting career.
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Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
This spectacle of breezy contempt regarding questions of process and policy was humiliating, for sure, but hardly an amazement.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
The shot was so impressive that the not-easily impressed Northern Irishman earnestly laughed in amazement with his caddie.
—Brody Miller, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
As everyone, including Pagán and his teammates, watches the 26-year-old in amazement, the only person who doesn’t seem surprised is Benson himself.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 19 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for amazement
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“Amazement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amazement. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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amazement
noun
amaze·ment
ə-ˈmāz-mənt
: great surprise or astonishment
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