astonish
verb (used with object)
to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze.
will be astonishing
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future progressiveof astonish.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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"It will be astonishing to anyone who reads this report that these events could have happened in the UK", Sir Brian Langstaff, the inquiry chairman, warned in his damning 2,527-page report on Monday.
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
When the day comes, however, it will be astonishing.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2023
Courtship and Marriage It will be astonishing to many, no doubt, to hear that courtship in Italy is a prosaic affair.
From Rome by Hope Malleson
It is possible to do so; it will be astonishing when it is done.
From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
If this is spread evenly and not too thickly in November, and the coarser remains of it are raked off early in April, the results will be astonishing.
From The Home Acre by Edward Payson Roe
