wondering

American  

[wuhn-der-ing] / ˈwʌn dər ɪŋ /

adjective

1. expressing admiration or amazement; marveling.

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Other Word Forms

• unwondering adjective
• wonderingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of wondering

First recorded in 1585–95; wonder + -ing ²

Example Sentences

I was left wondering: Is the salmon on “Traitors” really from Scotland?

From Salon

Thousands of employees across three companies were left wondering what comes next at a time when the future of the entertainment business has rarely been so uncertain.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was enough for the head coach, who refused to wait for the final whistle and left Wolves boss Rob Edwards wondering where the post-match handshake was.

From BBC

That is why some places experienced seemingly relentless rain - including 55 consecutive wet days at Cardinham in Cornwall - while others were left wondering what all the fuss was about.

From BBC

Skeptical readers couldn’t help wondering why spirits of people who had lived in places as different as eighteenth-century Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, all sounded like a nineteenth-century Quaker abolitionist from western New York.

From Literature

Related Words

• awestruck