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Recent Examples of amazement Owens, a veteran special teams player, was in amazement afterward. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024 The defensive players reacted with amazement to Broden's catch and several offensive players, including Green, ran down the field to congratulate the senior. Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 1 Aug. 2024 Life can be so monotonous and there are so few things that inspire a sense of genuine wonderment and amazement about life and being alive. Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024 Inside Her Life with Debilitating Condition (Exclusive) Hause, clearly in shock, then opens her eyes wide and covers her face in amazement. Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for amazement 
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Noun
  • The flip side of that is the sense of astonishment at how the history that has been written about Dial does not reflect his actual achievement, and essentially, not only limits it but imagines things that don’t actually fit.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In the fall of 2016, the editors of The New Yorker published an enthusiastic endorsement of Hillary Clinton: On November 8th, barring some astonishment, the people of the United States will, after two hundred and forty years, send a woman to the White House.
    The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Harris' clearest path to victory in November would be to win the three blue wall battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, barring any shock results elsewhere.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Selzer poll has been viewed as evidence that pollsters calling the race a dead heat have been acting out of a desire to seek safety in numbers following the shock 2016 election result that failed to spot latent support for Trump.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • At the same time, he's also occasionally expressed admiration for Chinese President Xi Jinping and has a record of seeking deals with ideologically divergent leaders.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Tonight Show host appeared on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday, Oct. 29, and spoke on his admiration for the late John Belushi, who was one of seven cast members in SNL's first season.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Donald Trump’s head-turning pick for attorney general takes some federal officials by surprise.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • In 2001, my father left my mother, my three siblings, and me a surprise inheritance in a Swiss bank account.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Again, Adams brings that right mix of tenderness and annoyance, between holy wonderment and existential boredom.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Some children look at the sculpture with wonderment, others with confusion.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Sasheer is really a wonder on this show, and that moment feels like a really beautiful exhale to me.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Their alluring compositions sonically resemble the wonder of discovery with a hint of trepidation at the unknown.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024

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“Amazement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amazement. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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