Astonish

//əˈstɒnɪʃ//

"Astonish" in a Sentence (11 examples)

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Some people never fail to astonish me.

Astonish your friends by teaching your dog to do backflips!

His memory never ceases to astonish me.

You always astonish me with your unexpected arrivals.

People who speak dozens of languages fluently astonish me.

Tom, you astonish me.

His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors.

Your chutzpah never ceases to astonish me.

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"I have no right to give my opinion," said Wickham, "as to his being agreeable or otherwise. I am not qualified to form one. I have known him too long and too well to be a fair judge. It is impossible for me to be impartial. But I believe your opinion of him would in general astonish — and perhaps you would not express it quite so strongly anywhere else. Here you are in your own family."

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