marvel
noun
something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy.
were 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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Never mind the gap, onlookers were marvelling at a sheer chasm in class between the two teams.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Take heart from Billy Hayes, former leader of the Communication Workers Union, who told Progress magazine recently that older activists were marvelling at "the invention and humour of newer 21st Century socialists".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2017
At the time, Americans were marvelling at engineering advances—attendees at the 1893 World’s Fair, in Chicago, beheld new uses for electric light—but were also protesting low wages, poor working conditions, and corporate greed.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 22, 2017
I was a wide-eyed 13-year-old, and my main memories were marvelling at both the pace of Shoaib Akhtar and the fanatical Pakistan supporters.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2011
And young men were whirling in the dance, and among them flutes and viols sounded high; and women standing each at her door were marvelling.
From The Iliad by Homer
