Example Sentences

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Israeli officials and soldiers who have recently been in Hamas’s tunnels say the scope, depth and quality of the system built by Hamas has astonished them.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Already, the rate at which the game of cornhole has crystallized into a thousand tiny trackable, analyzable strategies and statistics has astonished even Moore.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

The 240 square kilometers of regularly spaced icefish nests, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, has astonished marine ecologists.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 13, 2022

"The extent of the rage has astonished me and upset me very much," gallery owner Liza Essers said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2012

The girl, since knowing of the children, has astonished me by her interest in them.

From The Shield of Silence by Loughridge, George