How to Use astonish in a Sentence

astonish

verb

• Despite the hype, there was nothing in the book to astonish readers.
• The garden's beauty never fails to astonish.
• The girls were astonished by how alike their hands looked.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• He was named on 88% of the ballots, which astonished him.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2020
• He was astonished to see a home that was larger than his place of work.
  — Tina Daunt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2019
• Thus, a number of fans were astonished to see the Price Is Right host under the costume.
  — EW.com, 4 Jan. 2024
• Crude as the stagings may have been, much of the media was astonished by the spectacle.
  — Curbed, 21 June 2023
• Philip watched, astonished and helpless, as his wife was wheeled away.
  — Ann Neumann, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• On your first visit here you may be astonished at the dark wooden booths.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2018
• Within the week, the baristas were astonished to see how much Collinsworth mattered to people near and far.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Her brashness astonished Lewis, who was riding in the back seat.
  — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• The variety and richness of the images are astonishing, and attest to both the king’s piety and ego.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian, 21 Nov. 2019
• While many around the country were astonished, Jackson was not.
  — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• The first time Miss Manners heard about someone doing such a thing, she was astonished.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• Kuby added that he would be astonished if the gun had been destroyed outright.
  — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2023
• Learn what the market expects from people who have your dream job -- the answer might astonish you!
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• Nicol tours Grytviken and is astonished by how much remains of the factory in King Edward Cove.
  — Lucy Jakub, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
• Joe Biden could take the key step that would allow America to once again to astonish with world with what free people can do.
  — Robert Zubrin, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2021
• Gadi Gvaryahu shakes his head, astonished by the cruelty of those words.
  — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018
• She was astonished to find sheet upon sheet of verse, some bound together with string, tucked away in a bureau.
  — Martha Ackmann, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2023
• Still astonishes me how fully formed the first Cars album is, and how unlike anything else on the radio at the time.
  — Megan Lavey-Heaton | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2019
• The performance would have astonished even the most seasoned of balletomanes.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 22 May 2018
• Before the show was added to Disney+ at the beginning of this year, fans were astonished to see that The Proud Family was not among the first wave of throwback films and series on the app.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 27 Feb. 2020
• The view from underneath is astonishing: a man balancing on a wire like a trapeze artist at the circus.
  — Mary Horlock, Longreads, 21 June 2018
• Try one of these advanced-placement home hacks for results that will astonish.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 9 Dec. 2020
• The only part of it that is astonishing to me is that there are people who are surprised by it, his behavior.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 22 Oct. 2018
• When Han received the final copy, he was astonished to find that his name appeared alongside Bong's as a co-writer.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2019
• We were astonished back at Easter to see that the wall actually ended in that area.
  — Morgan Smith, The Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2019
• So his friend and frequent writing partner Will Bridges is now astonished at the speed at which his mate has become a household name.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Apr. 2023
• The idea of a secret summit with enemy combatants astonished even those close to the process.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024