marvel
noun
something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy.
was marveling
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past progressiveof marvel.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was Jan. 5, 2025, and I was marveling at the Rams gumption in their short-handed loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
I was marveling at those details because I found them weird; but it turns out, if I try to expand my perspective just a bit, they aren’t so weird after all.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
Hours later, he was marveling at the crowd on the Corner.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019
He was marveling at the statistics posted by the likes of Dan Marino, Joe Montana and John Elway, Hall of Famers all.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2018
I was marveling at the glittering cityscape when the truck turned off the street and began galloping so heavily that we were all shaking as if we’d been placed on a vibrating machine.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
