Example Sentences

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The Schluters, who have taken in 120 foster children over the decades, are marveling at the two destructive hurricanes that now happen to be in the news.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2017

With the Chiefs opening pursuit of their first Super Bowl appearance in 47 years Sunday, many hopeful supporters are marveling over Hill’s ability while wincing at his past.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2017

Yet gleaming across the landscape are flawless-looking Olympic venues, and across the Sochi region visitors are marveling at a network of new roads, rails and high-speed trains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2014

In Colorado, where people in ski towns are marveling at driveways free from snow, destructive mountain pine beetles will most likely be out so early they will have time to mate twice.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2012

"You are marveling how I know so much about a thing that is based on hearsay and rumors," continued the narrator as she pointed to a manuscript on the table.

From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.