marvel
noun
something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy.
had marveled
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past perfectof marvel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Disney watchers had marveled at many of these deals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
The lad, at maybe 8 or 9, had marveled at the men placing their folded newspapers in the seams of their seats.
From Washington Post ● May 19, 2017
The resilient cheerfulness that I had marveled at was gone, and for the first time, it occurred to me that the difference between Villanueva and his brother Oscar might not be constitutional, after all.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2015
Darwin had marveled at the diversity of these plants, and he saw the myriad ways in which the flowers and pollinating insects have adapted to each other as an extended case study in natural selection.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 25, 2015
There, so close that she could feel Pearl’s warm, milky breath on her cheek, she had marveled at this little creature.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
