noun
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rapt surprise; awe
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puzzled interest
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something that excites wonder
Etymology
Origin of wonderment
Example Sentences
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But all this is sort of just a general sense of wonderment that I remember in my grandmother’s eyes when she would look at new things.
From Los Angeles Times
He walked into the Baltimore contest amid a lot of wonderment if he’d at last reached the end of a winding 4 MVP, one Super Bowl ring, Hall of Fame career.
He called the proposal a “modest change” and expressed wonderment that it faced opposition, including among Republican Senators.
From Los Angeles Times
The ovation had the character not of high-pitched cheering but of an involuntary low-pitched invocation of wonderment, even disbelief.
From Los Angeles Times
Aiming to “recapture that initial wonderment and whimsy,” he’s been going back for more than 10 years, always looking for “some kind of new and out-of-my-comfort-zone mischief.”
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