How to Use astonishing in a Sentence

astonishing

adjective

• 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
• 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
• The changes this abode has seen on the inside in the years since, however, are truly astonishing.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
• 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
• While the paper is older, the results are still astonishing and worth taking a look at, even in 2022.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 June 2022
• With its astonishing view of the Brooklyn Bridge, the apartment looks like a real-estate ad.
  — Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• In plain English, Nvidia’s astonishing growth rate over the past year is far too high to continue for long.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• For some reason, in moments that call for it, women tend to show an astonishing amount of courage.
  — ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
• Sara is based on the astonishing true-life story of Sara Góralnik.
  — Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2022
• Their drop-off this season has been quite astonishing — and more so Haaland’s.
  — Abdul Rehman, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
• Yet even on the most advanced evals, AI systems are making astonishing progress.
  — Tharin Pillay, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025