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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The Senatours entringe into the court, what with the sodayn assembling of the wyues and of their request, were right sore astonied.
From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by William Carew Hazlitt
Why dost thou stand aghast, Voiceless, and thus astonied in thine air?
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
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
We, all astonied, ran to drive Our sheep to the upmost heights.
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
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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