wonder-stricken

American  

[wuhn-der-strik-uhn] / ˈwʌn dərˌstrɪk ən /

Also wonderstruck

adjective

1. struck or affected with wonder.

---

Etymology

Origin of wonder-stricken

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

wonder-stricken

He was wonder-stricken at the sight, and felt an instinctive sympathy for the fugitive.

From The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch by Cootes, F. Graham

With that he turned briskly, and walked away along Cheapside, leaving me wonder-stricken at what was not, perhaps, so very wonderful an adventure after all.

From Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile by Murray, David Christie

In 1809, Napoleon's army crossed, with the most wonderful rapidity, the Inn, the Salza, the Traun, and other rivers emptying into the Danube, and reached Vienna before the wonder-stricken Austrians could prepare for its defence.

From Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. by Halleck, Henry Wager

She turned her wonder-stricken face towards him still.

From Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read by Dickens, Charles

By the time Campbell came running up with his eight men, the wonder-stricken Indians had drawn back, and were meditating on the apparent illogicalness of their Queen’s warriors.

From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by Hyrst, H. W. G.