How to Use amazement in a Sentence

amazement

noun

• 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.
• There is quite a degree of amazement the way he was treated.
  — Foreign Affairs, 26 Mar. 2010
• Creatures large and small travel hundreds, even thousands of miles along the same routes every year, to the amazement of us human observers.
  — Citizen Science Salon, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2015
• Kes Woodward still recalls, with some amazement, selling every single painting in his first solo show.
  — Jeannette Lee Falsey, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 May 2016
• In amazement, Joseph rhetorically asks, Having endured so much, is my father still alive?
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
• Watch as the orange tunnel lights illuminate these babies' faces of fear, curiosity and amazement.
  — Kelly Potts, Woman's Day, 30 Jan. 2015
• There are several daring car chases, street fights and an amazing scene at the Burj Khalifa that will keep them goggle-eyed with amazement.
  — Michael Venables, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2011
• Twenty years ago in the Normandy region of France the world watched in amazement as the then-longest cable-stay bridge reached a span of 2800 feet.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2013
• Over the 20 minutes that Samuel and Plumridge watched in curiosity and amazement, the fish/jellyfish wobbled and swam in circles.
  — Tim Samuel, National Geographic, 7 June 2016
• To my amazement, a third of the room gets up from their seats.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
• The disbelief comes over you and just the shock and the amazement.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• To my amazement, a gash of gleaming steel opened up in the bench top.
  — Nick Foulkes, A-LIST, 6 Apr. 2018
• To no one’s amazement, Brian is scared of the key card.
  — Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
• His teammates in the dugout watched in amazement right after the loud crack of the bat.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
• Jessie Reyez hit the stage earlier in the night, but left the crowd shook in amazement.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2017
• Talking to him was a true joy, mixed with an awe of amazement.
  — PEOPLE.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• Children squealed in amazement and lost count of the hundreds of bugs around.
  — Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019
• To their amazement, the best deals were to be found across the river, in Manhattan.
  — WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
• To the amazement of many, yes, the Orange are playing in the tournament.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2018
• The Yankees on the bench had their mouths wide open in amazement, pointing to where the ball traveled.
  — Adry Torres, The Denver Post, 11 June 2017
• Just gaze in amazement at the blended streak of highlight on this queen.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 13 Aug. 2021
• This is a week to simply sit back in wonder and amazement.
  — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• This went on for several days, and to the amazement of the researchers, the pups were able to alter their tone.
  — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021
• Like my younger daughter, the critic says, with alarm and amazement, This, this.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• To our amazement, the Yukon could be hustled through the hills like a big Mercedes or a Bimmer.
  — Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
• Want something to make your neighbors peer over the fence with amazement?
  — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2021
• Now, the pair can only look on in amazement as their favorite tree will soon be cut to pieces.
  — Vincent Crivelli, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 June 2018
• To Pearson and the rest of the onlookers' amazement, the gorilla then makes kissing gestures towards Noah as if the animal is trying to kiss him through the glass.
  — Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
• Nadeem threw his arms into the air in celebration as the board confirmed the record-breaking throw, eliciting gasps of amazement from spectators.
  — Samra Zulfaqar, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024