marvel
noun
something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy.
had marvelled
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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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She had, indeed, said all, and had marvelled at her own eloquence while she was speaking.
From Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
Yet there had been a date very far back in the acquaintanceship of each of these with the charmer, when he had marvelled at the infatuation which had blinded her previous adorers.
From At Last by Marion Harland
Until then students had marvelled at the wonderful resemblance of living things in their inner structure without being able to explain it.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
And he marvelled, as he had marvelled before, at the machine-like perfection of these minions of the Iron Hand.
From Tom Slade with the Boys Over There by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
I had been through Visé twice, and had marvelled at the completeness of the destruction, but had really had no idea of what it was.
From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Hugh Gibson
