How to Use astound in a Sentence

astound

verb

• The magician will astound you with his latest tricks.
• What astounds me is that they never apologized.
• The Rays—who now lead the Cubs 3–1 in the fourth inning—simply astound me.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 4 July 2017
• This is a 221-piece puzzle that may astound both kids and adults.
  — Tony Vaz, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
• At first glance, the Regal TourX doesn't astound or amaze.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2018
• The logical jump at the heart of his case is an astounding one.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 5 Oct. 2017
• But their ability to adapt to changes in the landscape may astound you.
  — Sarah Jay, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
• The fact that Dobnak is thinking about any of this is still astounding to him.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 2 Oct. 2019
• Trout does not astound solely for his power, or for his speed, or for his eye at the plate.
  — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
• One of the things astounding about Combs’ ascent to the apex of the industry is that he’s done it on the strength of one album.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2019
• On the road: Though the Traverse didn’t astound with slick handling for winding roads.
  — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
• That seemed to astound Breyer, who noted that the war in Afghanistan had ended.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 July 2022
• How the David Johnson contract was included in the deal just astounds me.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 4 Apr. 2020
• The latter astounded the Osbournes with her knowledge of true crime.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
• The volume of responses astounded me, more than 100 in two days.
  — Steven Petrow, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2018
• John was astounded by the thought that he had heard and seen Plato’s Logos, and held him in his hands.[The Greek word suggests something more than a touch.
  — David Roper, idahostatesman, 8 Dec. 2017
• In the first episode, a group of journalists gathers in that Tokyo park, where Sony executives astound them with what the world would soon know as the Walkman.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
• As a backdrop to this rich history, the landscape astounds at every turn.
  — Smithsonian, 18 Sep. 2017
• In the two decades since co-founding our company, I have been astounded by the sector’s pace of growth and the promise of emerging markets.
  — Sam Darwish, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Go ahead and astound someone with your random act of kindness today.
  — Womensmedia, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2021
• Yet, Kendall warns that regardless of rising rates, bond yields likely will not astound.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
• If those numbers astound you, so will the Nevera’s performance stats.
  — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
• Rossi says he was astounded by Landmark’s collapse this year.
  — Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
• And like Jedrzejczyk, White was astounded by the result.
  — Tyler Horka, SI.com, 5 Nov. 2017
• The vision that Mitch Jenkins brings to the film will astound audiences and the superb ensemble cast will delight genre fans!
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022
• The fact that some member states believe that condemning Hamas does not even deserve a vote is astounding.
  — Ben Evansky, Fox News, 13 June 2018
• The numbers are astounding: 37 million people get no sick days.
  — Valentina Zarya, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2018
• And with the astounding Marshall up there on the ramparts, the playwright has a hero one can confidently describe as honest-to-God.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
• One of the biggest green flags about this lip gloss is that it's not filled with chunks of glitter and opts for a glaze-like finish that even glazed donut skin queen Hailey Bieber would be astounded by.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Dec. 2023
• In the main, spiky ideas—as well as people—slide backwards and forwards between Georgia and the world with an ease that would astound a Soviet time-traveller.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019

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