is astonishing
- present progressive of astonish (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"It is astonishing to me that a big organised festival can't pay me at the end of the day," Brownstone said.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
This sounds obvious, but it is astonishing how often a potluck table contains six dishes and one spoon.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Also, the inventive, nonliteral staging by director Zack Winokur, choreographer Pam Tanowitz, co-set designers Mimi Lien and Jack Forman and lighting designer John Torres is astonishing to look at but not always intelligible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
That Berkshire’s annualized return for the past 60 years has been about 20%—roughly twice the return of the S&P 500—without technology stocks is astonishing.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
This cultural barrier at Torres Strait is astonishing only because we may mislead ourselves into picturing a full-fledged New Guinea society with intensive agriculture and pigs 10 miles off the Australian coast.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
