AMAZEMENT in a Sentence

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268 example sentences for AMAZEMENT, such as:

1. The girls looked all amazement.
2. He's an amazing player to watch.
3. She listened with a dim kind of amazement.
4. The two detectives stared at him in amazement.
5. Her husband's cruelty amazed and confounded her.

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 Meanings and Examples of AMAZEMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
amazement
 n.  wonder; state of extreme surprise or wonder; astonishment
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Rance gave a violent jump, and stared at Sherlock Holmes with the utmost amazement upon his features.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  The two detectives stared at him in amazement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3  The two young Mormons stared at him in amazement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
4  To the amazement of everybody, three of them flung themselves upon Boxer.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
5  He looked round the lamp upon his table, and saw, with amazement, his eldest daughter.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
6  The knights heard this uncommon document read from end to end, and then gazed upon each other in silent amazement, as being utterly at a loss to know what it could portend.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  She was perfectly dim and dazed, looking down in a sort of amazement at the rather tender nape of his neck, feeling his face pressing her thighs.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
8  She listened with a dim kind of amazement.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
9  She still stared in amazement, and he was uncomfortable.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
10  At which Mr. Charles Bates laughed uproariously; very much to the amazement of Oliver, who saw nothing to laugh at, in anything that had passed.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  Oliver walked a few paces after them; and, not knowing whether to advance or retire, stood looking on in silent amazement.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
12  'I never told him so, sir,' returned Oliver in amazement.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
13  The hump-backed man stared, as if in excess of amazement and indignation; then, twisting himself, dexterously, from the doctor's grasp, growled forth a volley of horrid oaths, and retired into the house.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
14  Picture to yourselves my amazement; I shall not easily forget Admiral Baldwin.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
15  The girls looked all amazement.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
16  Dave amazed his friends by suddenly getting married.
17  Visitors were amazed at the achievements in the car manufacture of the city during the past decade.
18  Archaeologists are amazed that such a fragile ancient document could have survived for so long.
19  They were amazed and alarmed, to see us make, what they called thunder and lightning.
20  Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
21  Her husband's cruelty amazed and confounded her.
22  Watching the two-year-old boy voluntarily put away his toys, I was amazed by his proclivity for neatness.
23  The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.
24  Foreigners are amazed by the affluence and luxury of the American way of life.
25  The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.
26  She was amazed at the number of astral bodies the new telescope revealed.
27  Merlin the Magician amazed the knights with his wizardry.
28  It was an amazing film - I was absolutely riveted.
29  He's an amazing player to watch.
30  It's amazing how someone can break your heart, but you still love them with all the little pieces.