as in amazed
filled with amazement or wonder
with wondering expressions on our faces, we watched the acrobats perform their daring feats
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Adjective
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Cheyenne Graham welcomed her son Louis in 2024, and since then, she's been amazed by how patient her dachshund Cooper has remained.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025 -
Her portrayal of Diana gives this Amazonian princess the proper regal bearing, but Gadot proves to have a wonderfully wry sense of humor as the character continues to be amazed at how weird male mortals are.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Starting Jets center Joe Tippmann was one of those surprised people, but Glenn called Tippmann shortly after the deal was made to explain his thinking.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
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Based on the findings, don’t be surprised if there are more lessons to be learned from the tragedy.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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In what seems like a parody of a ritual that exists mostly in the imagination of cartoonists, the proposal requires the gentleman to be on his knees offering an astonished lady a box containing a ring.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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And the writer’s astonished eyes answer: yes, that was me.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
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“Wondering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wondering. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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