Betekenis van:
astonishment
astonishment
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- verwondering
- the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
"he looked at me in astonishment"
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Voorbeeldzinnen
- Astonishment deprived me of speech.
- He stared at her in astonishment.
- Mr. Hurst looked at her with astonishment.
- She stared at him in astonishment.
- To my astonishment, my money was gone.
- We were struck dumb with astonishment.
- The news filled me with astonishment.
- She stared at the man in silent astonishment.
- Between astonishment and sorrow, she could not speak a word.
- To the astonishment of the whole city, the mayor was arrested.
- To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest.
- The Princess of Cleves being at those years, wherein people think a woman is incapable of inciting love after the age of twenty-five, beheld with the utmost astonishment the King's passion for the Duchess, who was a grandmother, and had lately married her granddaughter.
- The second competitor expressed its astonishment at the situation.