marvel
noun
something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy.
was marvelling
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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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Only the other week, she was marvelling to her mother about how her dad had allowed it.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2016
It was only once it arrived and I was marvelling at my purchase that I noticed it was printed on Epson glossy inkjet paper.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2014
Marcus Wilkeson was marvelling at the confidence which the inventor and his daughter placed in him, and at what there was about him to inspire it.
From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell
The latter was explaining how the infant had come into his possession, and every one was marvelling at the strangeness of the adventure, when the Marquise suddenly appeared.
From Which? or, Between Two Women by Kendell, Laura E.
He had just made the rounds of the tents outside, and he was marvelling.
From Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War by Fox, John
