wonder-stricken
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of wonder-stricken
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Pineapples, bananas, great baskets of fancy cakes, and other dainties attracted their wonder-stricken gaze.
From The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas by W. A. (William Allen) Rogers
It was in an outlying ward, and the few men who stood about were wonder-stricken at the presence of women,—although they had seen the sex out on election days in plenty.
From A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day by Helen M. (Helen Maria) Winslow
By a little after six o’clock that evening the feat was accomplished, and, as I have said, Big Otter presented himself at a critical moment to the wonder-stricken eyes of the wedding guests.
From The Big Otter by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Who can your wonder-stricken looks portray, The lightning in your eyes that gleams?
From The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi by Frederick Townsend
The smile that played upon Mr. Pickwick’s features, was instantaneously lost in a look of the most unbounded and wonder-stricken surprise.
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
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