Example sentences for: astonished

How can you use “astonished” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He was astonished to learn about public access laws, but both the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Commission on Human Rights have been filling him in.

  • On 6 August 1945, a B29 (the Enola Gay) dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, inflicting a level of destruction that astonished even the bomb’s designers.

  • The Japanese club crowd is astonished at the flash flood of new expressions that year after year pour out of the schools and surge through Tokyo's trendy computer-game centers and fast-food hangouts.

  • Mighty Martinis!Guts long and hardy as expressways!Marooned in Dallas after death, waking astonished!Blown along the pavement like loose pages of the Dallas Morning News !Blown through canyons of sparkling fountains!Spring water bubbling out of nowhere cascading to nowhere!In the historic Farmers Market are giant cauliflowers, broccoli and beans!

  • I'll be astonished (though delighted) if any of the characters turn out to be gay.


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