wonder-stricken
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of wonder-stricken
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Christopher followed at a little distance, wonder-stricken still, and half disposed to return to the charge again.
From Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.) by David Christie Murray
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 H. W. G. Hyrst
Then he did likewise with the oxen in the second, the third, and the fourth wagons, and, turning about, went on his way, and left the wonder-stricken butchers staring after him, speechless, in the street.
From Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin
"You are not greatly confused, if in my presence you can be so urgent that I am wonder-stricken."
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Forewarned and forearmed as she had been, Mrs. Twining stood wonder-stricken and confused.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
