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Example sentences for "astound"

Lexicographically close words:
astonishes; astonishing; astonishingly; astonishment; astonisht; astounded; astounding; astoundingly; astounds; astra
  1. He did not know for a certainty what they might be but he was going to astound the public.

  2. What joy that he would be able to rush out upon the yellow sand and astound twelve thousand spectators by his gallantry and daring!

  3. He would get close, and astound the public by his brave deeds.

  4. The question appeared to astound the other.

  5. The Divinity's incarnation and death, in order to redeem a race so unworthy of such a sacrifice, begins to astound them; they wonder at such solicitude for the inhabitants of one of the least important spheres in the universe.

  6. What can there be in this to astound her so?

  7. At other times, and I must speak candidly at the risk of offending you a little, you view your perils with a levity and cheerfulness that astound me.

  8. It came from a quarter that will quite astound you, and in a very elegant, small, female hand.

  9. New ideas, of course, we must give up; there would be no going to London for the season, for new opinions to astound country cousins on our return.

  10. Astound and full of wonder stood the crowd, Such license in that haughty man to view.

  11. Astound she stood awhile; when grief found vent Through eyes and tongue, in tears and in lament.

  12. Astound Rogero fell, on earth reversed, And from his head a stream of life-blood burst.

  13. LIII Astound with wonder, paused the adventurous knight, When to that shining palace he was nigh, For, than the carbuncle more crimson bright, It seemed one polished stone of sanguine dye.

  14. Rogero here and there the beast astound Still beats, but cannot find the way to wound.

  15. Passing the Golden Chersonesus, had he not the alternative of steering homeward by way of Ceylon and the Cape of Good Hope, and so astound the Portuguese more than he did when he entered the Tagus?

  16. It was simply, for instance, a vitiated desire to astound that made him mingle theological and physical theories about the land of Paradise.

  17. The voice spluttered out a few syllables that seemed to astound him.

  18. And then there's that nickname of Arsène Lupin which he earned among his messmates for the way in which he used to boss them and astound them!

  19. Truly, poor Goliba had spoken the truth when he had promised that what we should witness would astound us.

  20. Be patient, O Prince, and thou shalt witness that which must astound thee," old Goliba shouted, his squeaky voice being just audible above the loud hissing as our car flew along the twisted strands of steel.

  21. They will astound you, and they are fully corroborated by what I have noticed to-night.

  22. He did not hesitate to speak of his great work, a work which would astound the world, and to announce the title of his great oration which Simeon had engaged for the temple.

  23. Holding in its grasp latent tendencies of all ages, of all the race, it may at any time astound by its sudden expansion in unexpected directions, as well as by its inexplicable failure to follow ordained grooves.

  24. So here it is: "It will astound you to know that every dollar of United States money paid to any servant of the government who is a Mormon is tithed for the benefit of this monarch.

  25. It will astound you to know that every dollar of United States money paid to any servant of the Government who is a Mormon is tithed for the benefit of this monarch.

  26. Astound he stood, and up his hair did hove, Astound > Stunned, confounded hove > rise 9 And with that sudden horror could no member move.

  27. You astound me; why, she talks of him to us all day long, as of one to whom she has the deepest obligations; she was ready to rush into our arms when she first found that we knew him.

  28. The vices of the poor sometimes astound us HERE; but when the secrets of all hearts shall be made known, their virtues will astound us in far greater degree.

  29. Take me to her," she said with sudden eagerness, "and you shall both learn facts that will astound you.

  30. I promise some day before long to explain all the facts to you; when I do so they will astound you.

  31. It sometimes achieves results which astound even the originators, but these results cannot be calculated (except by hunch) in advance.

  32. At all hazards I will save Jack the indignity of falling into the hands of the police, and at the same time reveal to you certain facts that will astound you.

  33. In this time of greatest anxiety, Desnoyers again visited his friend, Senator Lacour, in order to astound him with the most unheard-of petitions.

  34. His idea was either to be stretched on the battlefield in his first encounter, or to astound the world by his bravery.

  35. Mr. Fessenden, head of the Finance Committee, who had been told of the proposed advance, also stated in the Senate that what would be achieved in a few more days would satisfy the country and astound the world.

  36. You really astound me; but it is just like old Morgan--pardon me if I smile.

  37. You astound me," said Edward, huskily; "is that an infallible sign?

  38. After these fatiguing efforts, he makes his grande toilette, and prepares himself to astound the town no less by his personal attractions than by his song.

  39. As this smoking effort is a long one, he is about ready to join his elegant friend, the tenor, when the latter calls on him to go out and astound the town.

  40. He dotes on satin scarfs, cravats and ties, and his gorgeous satin vests, of all the hues of the rainbow, astound the saunterer on the morning promenade.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "astound" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abash; addle; amaze; appall; astonish; astound; awe; bewilder; boggle; breath; confound; daze; dazzle; discomfit; disconcert; dismay; electrify; floor; frighten; jolt; knock; overwhelm; paralyze; perplex; petrify; rock; shock; stagger; startle; stun; stupefy; surprise; take