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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I asked at him if he knew one Blanche Lewthwaite, and he seemed fair astonied, and said he knew no such an one, nor that any of that name dwelt in all the vale.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name: leave us not.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green
Truly, I am sorry to hear this, though little astonied.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
I was loosening The bar of the closed gate, when the sharp sound Of mine own sorrow smote against my heart, And I fell back astonied on my maids And fainted.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
All sore astonied stood the duke, He stood as still, as still mote bee; 175 Then hastend backe to tell the kinge, But he was gone from under the tree.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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