How do you use Astonishment in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like amazement or feeling, plus the exact meaning.
Astonishment in a sentence
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Astonishment meaning
- The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
- Something very surprising.
- Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
Using Astonishment
- The main meaning on this page is: The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise. | Something very surprising. | Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body.
- Useful related words include: amazement, feeling.
- In the example corpus, astonishment often appears in combinations such as: astonishment at, in astonishment, the astonishment.
Context around Astonishment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Astonishment
- In this selection, "astonishment" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pure, students and voiced stand out and add context to how "astonishment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include caused special astonishment in the and even greater astonishment there was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "astonishment" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and agitating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with astonishment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The early feedback is overwhelmingly glowing, to my astonishment. (9 words)
When my teacher explained this credit, the room erupted with students’ astonishment. (12 words)
He saw the soldier’s eyes flicker and tremble at his feet in soporific astonishment. (15 words)
Irene, who resides with her partner Manolo and their pet dog in one of these houses, told the M.E.N of their astonishment that Jay had set off on foot to Los Cristianos and voiced their worries about the young man. (42 words)
Shona McMahon, the creator of the petition, expressed her astonishment at the renewed interest and stated that the increase is "now more than ever needed due to the vote to make the winter fuel payment means tested only". (38 words)
However, the mass arrests and persecution of prisoners of war by the Armenian state after they were returned by Azerbaijan caused special astonishment in the context of this state’s “care” for its citizens. (34 words)
A fan X, formerly known as Twitter, expressed their astonishment by saying: "Wait, Izzi is single? (16 words)
The astonishment of the women is our astonishment as well: The tomb of Jesus is open, and it is empty! (20 words)
Reverend Richard shared his astonishment at making it to the final three, saying: "I can't believe I'm one of the final three! (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
The astonishment of the women is our astonishment as well: The tomb of Jesus is open, and it is empty!
Lopez got whistled for a foul, which was followed by a look of astonishment at the sequence.
People were literally opening up the letters and standing there with looks of astonishment on their faces,” she said.
The look of astonishment on her face is clearly seen in reports when she exits dinner.
The video sparked a wave of responses from astonished users who shared their astonishment at both the aircraft’s landing and the commentary.
To Honeycutt’s astonishment, the board chair called for an interview and offered her the job within 24 hours.
To the astonishment of her husband and his family, the doctors disclosed that she was already seven months pregnant.
We bring you a hair-raising thirty seconds of non-stop lightning that left witnesses in a state of pure astonishment.
What adds to the astonishment is that the hostel is located in a densely populated residential area, making the intrusion of a wild animal into such surroundings particularly unexpected.
When my teacher explained this credit, the room erupted with students’ astonishment.
A fan X, formerly known as Twitter, expressed their astonishment by saying: "Wait, Izzi is single?
Age UK has voiced astonishment at the Government's failure to disclose an Equality Impact Assessment or any report illustrating how pensioners of various income levels are affected.
He saw the soldier’s eyes flicker and tremble at his feet in soporific astonishment.
However, the mass arrests and persecution of prisoners of war by the Armenian state after they were returned by Azerbaijan caused special astonishment in the context of this state’s “care” for its citizens.
Irene, who resides with her partner Manolo and their pet dog in one of these houses, told the M.E.N of their astonishment that Jay had set off on foot to Los Cristianos and voiced their worries about the young man.
Not only that, to our even greater astonishment, there was also a beautiful dark red rose that had been freshly placed behind the wooden panel marking his life and death.
Reverend Richard shared his astonishment at making it to the final three, saying: "I can't believe I'm one of the final three!
Shona McMahon, the creator of the petition, expressed her astonishment at the renewed interest and stated that the increase is "now more than ever needed due to the vote to make the winter fuel payment means tested only".
Some online commenters expressed their astonishment at an airport still having a free drop-off area at all.
The early feedback is overwhelmingly glowing, to my astonishment.
Common combinations with astonishment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- astonishment at 13×
- in astonishment 13×
- the astonishment 8×
- their astonishment 7×
- astonishment of 6×
- his astonishment 6×
- astonishment as 5×
- of astonishment 5×
- astonishment and 5×
- least astonishment 4×