In fact, I may admit I was a little astonished to hear he had contrived to accumulate those thirty dollars.
She looked at him as he remembered she had done once or twice at the ranch, with compassion in her eyes, and he was a little astonished to feel that, instead of bringing him consolation, her pity hurt him.
He was not a little astonished, however, when Eric, with all sorts of excuses and pretexts, gave it as his opinion that it was not wise to transport the Professor's delicately organized nature at this time into their stormy life.
Pranken rang, a servant opened the door, and Pranken was not a little astonished at hearing himself instantly called by name.
His wife was not a little astonished at seeing him arrive with his burden, and said, "What on earth induced you, master, to bring that ugly creature home?
The king was not a little astonished, and exclaimed, "Well!
They were all not a little astonished at hearing a serpent talk; and the woman ladled out a plateful of soup and placed it under the bench.
In fact, I'd be a little astonished if you did; and if you were a relative of mine I'd try to make you stay with Mrs. Farquhar.
In a few moments Nevis, a little astonished at his companions' silence, spoke again.
At breakfast, all the 'tween deck passengers assembled in the lower deck, but they were not a little astonished on finding that Dr.
With that Jerry turned to the Scotch engineer, who was no little astonished at the program, of which he had known nothing.
Bob, also, while no little astonished at his chum's unexpected attack, nodded his support and craned forward as he watched the quartermaster.
At mess that evening Bob's father announced his desire to take Joe Swanson with him on his initial hunting-trip, at which the burly mate was no little astonished.
If it seemed strange to Peregrine that the silver threads should twine together out of Gamaheh's brain into an undistinguishable something, he was not a little astonished at what he saw in the heads of those above mentioned.
The microscopists were not a little astonished, when Peregrine announced George Pepusch for the man who had the justest claims to the princess, and that he, at all events, had no right to interfere with her choice.
Mr. Pepusch was not a little astonished on perceiving the friend, with whom he had been most intimate during his residence at Madras.
Mr. Tyrrel was not a little astonished at the spirit which Emily displayed upon this occasion.
I was besides not a little astonished at the time and manner of their entrance; and I felt anxious to know whether Mr. Spurrel could be base enough to have been their introducer.
The latter was not a little astonished at the courteous behaviour of our general, and it was not till after much pressing that he would allow Cortes to concede the place of honour to him.
Garay was not a little astonished when he beheld the many large towns, and at length the city of Mexico itself.
He was not a little astonished; for, during the thirty one years which had passed since his return from Germany, not a single individual had ever made such a request.
Charlie had a beautiful colour beginning to rise on one side of his forehead, and he mopped at his nose doubtfully, and seemed a little astonished at the state of his handkerchief.
They were not a little astonished, on awakening, to behold the whole plain strewn with the dead bodies of the Amorites.
A few days later, when Solomon entered the Temple, he was not a little astonished to see a bottle walk toward him, and bow down reverently before him; it was the bottle in which the spirit was shut up.
I was a little astonished to hear that you were in Las Palmas," he said.
They were for the most part Englishmen and women, but Ormsgill was a little astonished to feel that instead of arousing sympathy their voices and bearing jarred on him.
I was a little astonished, besides feeling rather sorry for him.
Agatha was a little astonishedto remember that three weeks had actually elapsed since she had last met him, and they had only exchanged a word or two then.
A trace of darker colour crept into Hawtrey's face, but while she was a little astonished at this he looked at her steadily.
Then he went to sleep, and when the horse awakened him as it strove to pull out its picket to get another drink, he was a little astonished to see that the sun now hung low down above one range, and that Devine had not come back.
He was a little astonished at the change in his companion, for a sparkle crept into Grenfell's watery eyes, and his voice grew sharper.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little astonished" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
