Example Sentences

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In a fierce and delicate performance, Mare Winningham will astonish you.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021

"Just look at this video, the ending will astonish you. Ukrainian TV channels have hit a new low. No faking, straight up," Ragu.li says, and most comments on the page agree.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2017

What will astonish you is—there’s no other phrase—the purity of Sinatra’s artistry.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 8, 2015

I pay for four smartphones each month, but use a regular, antiquated cellphone handed down from my children. This will astonish you: I use it when I need to make a phone call!

From The Guardian • May 15, 2013

Lorenzo replied hastily, saying: 'I will do it as quickly as I possibly can, and I hope to do a thing that will astonish the world.'

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.