How to Use astonishing in a Sentence

astonishing

adjective
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  • The truck can hold an astonishing amount of stuff.
  • He showed an astonishing lack of concern for others.
  • She gave an astonishing performance in her first film.
  • Dan Fultz: The amount of blood in that kitchen was astonishing.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The stars seem to be aligned on the menu, too, an astonishing 75 dishes long.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The most astonishing story of the weekend, Ukraine, the collapse of the Russian forces in the sector in the east.
    — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The growth of the Metaverse over the past 12 months is nothing less than astonishing.
    — Gary Drenik, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • Katie Ledecky, far out in front: one of the most astonishing sights in sports and, by now, one of the most familiar.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
  • When the memories erupt and, in an astonishing turn of events, the mind betrays the body?
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2022
  • New trends come onto — and fall off of — the scene at astonishing speed.
    — Angelina Ruiz, Allure, 2 Feb. 2022
  • For refugee aid groups that have worked in the city for years, the differences have been astonishing.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • To non-coders, the fact that A.I.s can produce code might seem astonishing.
    — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Some of these works of art are astonishing and nobody made those works of art hoping to get rich.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The lightning speed in which these events took place is astonishing.
    — Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Flightline had put on 100 pounds in the five months since the end of his brief but astonishing racing career.
    — Joe Drape, New York Times, 4 May 2023
  • With him on the court, the Cavs have outscored opponents by 317 points -- an astonishing number that ranks sixth across the NBA.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The changes this abode has seen on the inside in the years since, however, are truly astonishing.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Over the next three decades, the Nduoms launched a series of their own businesses at an astonishing pace.
    — Mariam Elba, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Some of the more astonishing problems that Day spotted have stayed with her.
    — Patrick Rucker, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2024
  • What Williams played that night to kick off the concert was astonishing, Hancock says.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022
  • For a gear nerd with my own small hoard of guitars, the results have proven nothing short of astonishing.
    — Parker Hall, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Lou Lopez Sénéchal is shooting an astonishing 51.6% from deep this season to lead the Huskies.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The dry desert mountains were covered in an astonishing amount of grass.
    — J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • Some of the land in the valley is no longer being farmed, but the area still harbors an astonishing density of crops.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
  • That a team playing home games at Fenway Park is 19th in the majors in home runs is astonishing.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The story of the first Jewish person to break out of Auschwitz and make his way to freedom is both compelling and astonishing.
    — John J. Kelly, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2022
  • It’s astonishing to me to see how much influence his work has had.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Having the Internet all the time was astonishing and felt like the future.
    — Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Her work is astonishing, but that’s not to discredit Jan, who got her Rusical redemption and fully earned her win.
    — Barry Levitt, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This nascent industry has grown at an astonishing rate — with more than one million U.S.-based players — and this year expects to see $11.4 billion in player purchases and at least $4 billion in net revenue.
    — Daniel Wallach, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025

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