wonder-stricken
adjective
struck or affected with wonder.
wonderstruck
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a variation of
wonder-stricken.
Example Sentences
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Every “Pinocchio” is some wonderstruck filmmaker’s hope that their carved, sculpted and painted version of Italian author Carlo Collodi’s 140-year-old story about a manufactured boy will be accepted as a real movie someday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
I got married a couple of years ago, but the happiest and most wonderstruck I’ve seen my mother in the past half-decade is when she saw me eat Korean barbecue with her at a restaurant.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2018
The original story is more wonderstruck than funny, but the film’s humor is very rough and lively.
From The Verge ● May 31, 2018
A few moments remain cringeworthy, but at many other points, Reed seems genuinely stirred by Havel and wonderstruck by the role his songs had played in such a monumental historical moment.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2017
Widener library was the largest I had ever seen, and for a few minutes I forgot the past year and stared up at it, wonderstruck.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
