astonied
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of astonied
1300–50; Middle English, past participle of astonyen to astonish; see -ed 2
Example Sentences
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He vanished before the spell Of the Sacred Name I named, And I lay in my darkened cell Smitten, astonied, shamed.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various
He was a man of the highest courage, the stoutest heart, yet in that hour he was astonied.
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
I cried, much astonied, ‘you are a Lutheran? here, in the Queen’s Palace.’—‘Doth that amaze thee?’ she answered with another smile.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
I was fair astonied that she should dare thus to speak.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
Unwonted and appalling terror astonied every one, and me more even than the rest.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
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