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
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 Laura E. Kendell
I was marvelling wherefore she is mewed up there.
From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by W. (William) Rainey
But he was not thinking wholly of Allonby and his mysterious fate; he was marvelling at the utter unconsciousness of the girl who walked beside him, her hand confidingly clasped in his.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
