marvel
noun
something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy.
were 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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They were marveling at the franchise’s new level of professionalism and camaraderie that’s taken hold with the first-year front-office tandem general managers, Karen Bryant and Curt Miller.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
Stephen Colbert pointed out in his monologue that it wasn’t just the left who believe Ford’s testimony; even Fox News talking heads were marveling at her credibility.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2018
Although the symptoms appear debilitating, the play is neither gloomy nor pitying, but rather awe-struck, as though the dramatists were marveling at the complexity of the human brain and nervous system.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2017
That was a year and a half ago? — we were marveling at the existence of the rebooted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and now we're getting a first look at its sequel.
From The Verge ● Dec. 11, 2015
They were marveling at the baby’s light hair, at her pink cheeks and puckered, rosebud lips, at the slits of jade green eyes moving behind her puffy lids.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
