wonderment
noun
won·der·ment
ˈwən-dər-mənt 
Examples of wonderment in a Sentence
He felt a sense of wonderment.
gazed in wonderment at the holiday decorations
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The girls become kindred spirits, sharing secrets, wonderment, and several key world events.
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Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
Generally, the drama does spectacularly well with abiding by a primal sense of magical realism — the finding of wonderment in the banal and the insertion of banality into the wondrous.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Killian’s reviews are brimming with genuine pleasure, and also a wonderment and ardor for the great variety of stuff on the Web site.
—Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
But there is one perennial tradition that conjures winter wonderment just as well: ice skating in the city’s Union Square.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
Generally, the drama does spectacularly well with abiding by a primal sense of magical realism — the finding of wonderment in the banal and the insertion of banality into the wondrous.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
Killian’s reviews are brimming with genuine pleasure, and also a wonderment and ardor for the great variety of stuff on the Web site.
—Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
But there is one perennial tradition that conjures winter wonderment just as well: ice skating in the city’s Union Square.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Wonderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wonderment. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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wonderment
noun
won·der·ment
ˈwən-dər-mənt
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: curiosity about something
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