wonder-stricken
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of wonder-stricken
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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The camel-drivers and the Cossacks of our escort fully shared our delight, and remained like ourselves wonder-stricken before that brilliant apparition.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
Who can your wonder-stricken looks portray, The lightning in your eyes that gleams?
From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Townsend, Frederick
The smile that played upon Mr. Pickwick’s features, was instantaneously lost in a look of the most unbounded and wonder-stricken surprise.
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
It was in an outlying ward, and the few men who stood about were wonder-stricken at the presence of women,—although they had seen the sex out on election days in plenty.
From A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day by Winslow, Helen M. (Helen Maria)
I was grieved at his departure—I was wonder-stricken.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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