astonishment

The shopkeeper looked at him in astonishment and then he began laughing.

Then, to his utter astonishment, he beheld the figure of a man standing just a few feet away, armed with a bow and arrow.

The old man, happening in course of time to look that way, at length chanced to see him to his unbounded astonishment.

To his astonishment, there was a stunning girl in the garden, watering the beautiful flowers.

(Stare at him in astonishment) Cheng, you must have fallen in love with Heidi.

And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

The Cabby opened his mouth in astonishment, and his wife turned very red.

He expected the girl to look at him in blank astonishment.

"I cannot recover from my astonishment, " said the learned man. "What does all this mean? "

y son stared at me in astonishment as if he had forgotten who I was.

The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fish hook? "

This roused a general astonishment; and he had the pleasure of being eagerly questioned by his wife and five daughters at once.

Aunt Aggie was looking at him in such an astonishment th at she hardly noticed wh at he said.

Later, as Mandy Grunwald watched him on TV, she leaned forward and said in astonishment, "He's riffing. "

This caused general astonishment, and he had the pleasure of being eagerly questioned by his wife and five daughters all at the same time.

It's a view that no doubt would have been met with astonishment in Arab capitals, where America's image remains largely negative.

A man also may be an object to me of love, fear, or admiration, even to astonishment, and yet not be an object of respect.

He fell back into the bottom of the boat, his swollen eyes wild with anger and astonishment, his gun falling beside him.

Between astonishment and despair, she did not know what to do.

the laundress looked on in astonishment , but as she had been promised twenty louis , she made no remark.

Her thought, when he first broached this, was that she ought to make some demonstration of astonishment or wrath.

To his astonishment, the bee began to perform dance on the surface of the honeycomb.

Here the madman fell silent and looked again at his listeners; and they, too, were silent and stared at him in astonishment.

When he returned, to Fowkes's astonishment, the professor began to deliver not the next lecture in the sequence but the one after.

I said yes. Then Gate stared at me with astonishment.

She stared at me in astonishment.

His wife had sunk back on the bed near the fireplace, with a face indicative of astonishment.

When I told them the news they all stared at me with astonishment.

"We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished, " the statement continued.

"No; frown, " he said. "Frown as you did before. " Carrie looked at him in astonishment.

She stared at him in astonishment.

The eyes of the little boy bugged out with astonishment when he saw his new bicycle.

to my astonishment , he threw out the book and screamed at me with a furious look on his face.

Again his astonishment was obvious; and he looked at her with an expression of mingled incredulity and mortification. She went on.

left behind it in his mind a sort of astonishment, which rendered him still more gentle.

To her astonishment, Ory prescribes a love affair to cure her, which leads her to confess her feelings for Isolier.

Several Chinese readers have contacted me to express astonishment at the chorus of voices blaming China for the U. S. recession.

To complete the favourable impression , she then told him what Mr. Darcy had voluntarily done for Lydia . He heard her with astonishment .

I recall my astonishment when he went into the background with a most brilliant pure blue where I had seen only unrevealed darkness.

There will be astonishment and wonder AT my greATness as the words of these scrolls are fulfilled in me.

Heads turned when they came in, and a murmur, barely audible, of astonishment and pleasure swept over the church.

She could hardly conceal ther astonishment when she learned the true fact of the matter.

but as it was not quite enough for Catherine's comprehension, she spoke her astonishment in very plain terms to her partner.

The truth dawned on her, and she could hardly conceal her astonishment .

Many a wizard has died with eyes open in astonishment, as his most powerful spell has no affect against the creatures.

The lady watches in astonishment as the dog zooms over to the shop attendant and furiously devours an apple he has produced from his pocket.

What they found, to their astonishment, was that the universe wasn't slowing down at all.

The young pupil looked down in astonishment and saw his first grasshopper of the new spring.

Inexpressible was the astonishment of the little party when they returned to find that Mr. Pickwick had disappeared.

A depositor surnamed Cao went to a bank last week to deposit RMB300. To her astonishment, the bank charged her 6RMB as a "counting fee. "

He looked round him in astonishment .

to my astonishment , it had completely disappeared.

Several days later, she returned home, standing tall and full of life, to the joyful astonishment of her friends and family.

The dog, yelling in supreme astonishment and fear, writhed to his feet and ran for cover.

I was struck dumb with astonishment at the sight of her in such a place.

But at the start of the Libyan uprising, Saif was quick to join his father's side, much to the disappointment and astonishment of the West.

They supplied me as fast as they could, showing a thousand marks of wonder and astonishment at my bulk and appetite.

When we were finally allowed to board the train our astonishment increased further.

To his astonishment, the keys were in the door.

A small amount of white showing in the inner corners of the eyes is a breed characteristic that gives the dog a look of astonishment.

And Edom shall become an astonishment: every one that passed by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

I had thought a fierce fight was inevitable. However, much to my astonishment, Master Miao left when he heard the baby's cry.

In the next morning, to his astonishment, he found the shoes were already made.

"You mean you're the Witch of the Waste? " Sophie quavered. Her voice seemed to have gone strange with fear and astonishment.

For the next two hours there were up-turned faces and gasps of astonishment, roars of laughter as water splashed about and balloons popped.

as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.

The apostles are captured in their sense of astonishment immediately after this announcement.

To his no small astonishment the woman began to laugh.

To his astonishment, the bee began to perform a dance.

Wife of shop-owner astonishment looking at this thin thin girl, silent for a moment, then turned and walked out.

He heard with astonishment and a sense of relief the oft-repeated words: "These men must have a bed. "

Owl and Rabbit watched in astonishment as Roo ran over to the flower, picked it up and gave it Kanga .

It was a sort of haggard astonishment.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment. Celia Green.

To my utter astonishment, she said it was because it made her feel stupid.

Easton looked up in astonishment.

I looked round me with astonishment, but saw nothing.

His eyes will pop out in astonishment.

To the astonishment of the Germans, who had believed their system among the best in the world, Germany ranked even lower.

The man-eater of other is an astonishment first, begin to be inspected to explorer glower photograph next!

It was but the inquiry of his first confusion and astonishment, the answer being obvious.

Her mother gasped in astonishment.

As Weeks retold this story, he shook his head in astonishment.

I turned the corner and looked in astonishment .

American media noted that Greenspan should apologize to the U. S. rather than astonishment.

He gave a soft whistle of astonishment .

While she was photographing the couple one day, Ms. Markosian watched as Ms. Masanovitz picked up the phone in astonishment.

Apparently; well, then. Used in expressing astonishment, disapproval, or sarcasm.

They all cried out with astonishment.

The sentry held up his hands in astonishment.

They all cried out with astonishment.

The sentry held up his hands in astonishment.

To his astonishment, they invited the academic outsider on a site visit to their new laboratories in Alderley Edge.

The sentence caused some astonishment in legal circles, as the award was based on the earning power of workers in Albania, not in Italy.

Experts on Russian intelligence expressed astonishment at the scale, longevity and dedication of the program.

To astonishment, she did praise him but critised him instead.

The portraits themselves seemed to be staring in astonishment.

Researchers investigating the neurons in a crayfish's tail reported astonishment at how clunky and inelegant the circuit was.

His precocity was the astonishment of the neighborhood.

It was found, much to our astonishment, that nearly 30% of the electronic components were water-stained.

It was found, much to our astonishment, that nearly 30% of the electronic components were water-stained.

Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening devotedly, the sound suddenly stopped. To my astonishment, the girl came over to me.

To my astonishment, the door opened of itself.

To the astonishment of me, she remembered my name.

This sur prizing thing was tested and enjoyed by each scholar in turn, and great was the gladness and astonishment of all.

Jessica asked with insulting astonishment in her voice.

Captain Henry swallowed his astonishment and said, "Aye aye, sir. "

The following day Julian put the model on his table and to my astonishment he started enlarging it almost scientifically.

Catherine surveyed him with grief and astonishment.

At the end of the performance, to my astonishment, I won the prize for best sweet soloist.

He watched the game in astonishment for a while.

"E . . . . . . you even am I also incognizant? " The middle age man in astonishment says.

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.

Her bearing at her first Council filled the whole gathering with astonishment and admiration.

Now, to the astonishment of some baby boomer parents, a growing number of colleges are going even further: coed rooms.

I found, to my astonishment, that changes in the radio traffic mirrored the different types of agent.

They watched him with astonishment but without enmity.

"Occupy? " The star in night of looking ing at of the astonishment of Chen Kai Jian, two years in jail, he is very understand night star.

Edgar sprang to his unbidden guest, blanched with astonishment and rage.

I was astonishment, but I did not request a review because I was tired of the whole thing.

to our astonishment , over half of them is in and out the worm eat peanut.

It was an idea so brilliant and wonderful, and at the same time so simple, that I became dizzy with astonishment.

The nurse then said something that made the pilot step back in astonishment.

Now, to the astonishment of some parents, a growing number of colleges are going even further: coed rooms.

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

In response to the reporter's astonishment, Einstein said something like, 'Why remember my number, when it's in the phone book?

If its subject had been Napoleon, or Socrates, or Solomon, my astonishment could not have been greater.

To our astonishment, there was light in one of the cabins.

Expressing my astonishment, I got the reply, "We mount our concrete pumps on the best trucks in the world. "

To my rather astonishment, his grandmother answered the two dogs weren't arguing but talking.

Speechless or confused in expression, as from shyness, embarrassment, or astonishment.

And to my astonishment, My personal information is up on the web and searchable by the entire world! !

used as a mild oath , or as an expression of astonishment .

A program should follow the 'Law of Least Astonishment'.

Mr. Hurst looked at her with astonishment.

He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone's astonishment he wrote, "His name is John. "

This book is based on my astonishment that nature and machines work at all.

But future generations of historians will surely view our attitude to drinking water with astonishment.

The child's eyes popped with astonishment.

Elizabeth looked with unaffected astonishment.

My colleagues read the communique with astonishment rather than excitement.

Like the sunlight everywhere, like some astonishment of hour of the life China Times.

dumbfounded , To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound.

Qureshi expressed astonishment that the US and other major powers had said little about India's response to the protests.

The market is looking at the Greek referendum news in astonishment.

To my astonishment my boyfriend remembered my mother's birthday and bought her flowers!

Next day, the student is from the center door, president astonishment way: "How to don't turn over today? "

To our great astonishment, the boss wasn't astonished at the astonishing news at all.

The detective himself turned to look at her. He blinked in astonishment.

People at adjoining tables looked at her in astonishment .

They listened in astonishment while James conjured up pictures of fantastic machines.

To my astonishment , it disappeared completely.

Fanny, in great astonishment and confusion, would have returned the present instantly.

Mimi, war, astonishment, torpor, slavery, will daily wipe out those holy principles of thine.

The image has been circling on computer game blogs and websites for several days, provoking both mirth and astonishment.

And when we removed the masks, to our astonishment, our faces already looked exactly like the masks.

This chaste astonishment is the shade of difference which separates Psyche from Venus.

Much to Mary's astonishment, Tom married another girl instead of Rose.

I nearly threw up at the very thought, but to my astonishment Katie agreed enthusiastically.

ASTONISHMENT, even disgust, often greeted Lucian Freud's paintings when they first appeared.

After nine weeks, to your own astonishment, you're running uninterrupted for 30 minutes.

She exclaimed in astonishment at the size of the bill.

I found even I, after 4 years of similar experiences in China, raised my eyebrows in surprise and astonishment.

But many argue that the astonishment at Moore's gospel radicalism is misplaced.

To my astonishment he showed up and filled my gas tank himself.

Astonishment , apprehension , and even horror oppressed her .

When my astonishment had worn off, and then my awe, and then my delight, I looked over at the Chief.

"Indeed! " replied Villefort, looking at his father with astonishment, "you really do seem very well informed. "

And, as the government discovered to its astonishment this week, their diseases travel with them.

Everyone looked at her in astonishment.

The man opened his eyes in astonishment.

Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression.

Have a rest At the farming yard, we have a rest after climbing. Now, comfort and relaxation replace the steepness and astonishment.

I looked at my 11-year-old son in astonishment.

To Caderousse's great astonishment, the knife, instead of piercing the count's breast, flew back blunted.

A stunned silence that witnessed his astonishment.

The artists stood before the paintings almost dumb with astonishment at their beauty.

Sometimes people manning the booth come out and stop us, sometimes they just sit in the booth and watch in astonishment.

frozen with horror; they stood rooted in astonishment.

This perfect work makes the audience lost in astonishment.

They gasped in astonishment at the news.

i can be no longer mistrustful , but you must pardon me , my dear count , for confessing to some degree of astonishment .

Adhere to the Principle of Least Astonishment.

However, later on since then of, is the astonishment that lets me very.

You may imagine the astonishment of Katinka and the stepmother.

He gaped in astonishment at the scene.

The crowd gasped with astonishment.

He glared at the painting in astonishment .

and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfire.

I looked round me in astonishment.

eg: To my astonishment he was there before us .

Work on that task began in March and, to everyone's astonishment, has already been completed.

"This is awful! " cried the Governor, slowly recovering from the astonishment into which Pearl's response had thrown him.

Between astonishment and joy, she could hardly say a word.

He stared in astonishment at the stranger.

The notary looked at the count with astonishment.

He was overcome with astonishment.

To my no small astonishment, I found the house on fire.

To their astonishment, the engineers didn't buy a ticket at all.

Colonel De Graye controlled his astonishment .

To our astonishment, we never heard the noise of the market in the morning, even though our window faced the street.

In fact, at the Yule Ball, his jaw dropped in astonishment at Hermione's appearance (GoF 360).

Her big eyes blinked with astonishment.

I haven't yet recovered from my astonishment .

He was struck dumb with astonishment .

They all stared with astonishment.

When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers don't buy a ticket at all.

To my astonishment, my money was gone.

People listened with open- mouthed astonishment while the shocking news sank in .

You may imagine their astonishment at finding the room empty. We never imagined that John would become a doctor.

First comes astonishment: How can this be!

Between astonishment and joy, she couldn't help bursting into tears.

Astonishment and even horror oppressed him.

to my astonishment , she were so impolite.

You can imagine the effect this news has had upon me, and your silence redoubles my astonishment.

"Is that so? " exclaimed Hurstwood, otherwise concealing his astonishment. "Alone? " he added.

The student asked his teacher in astonishment, "What did you do? "

And to my astonishment, they backed me 100 percent.

His look of astonishment was assumed.

They heard the words with astonishment.

Paul looked at the boy in astonishment.

The students looked at their teacher in astonishment.

I was sly fisher mock with astonishment.

To our astonishment, he arrived on time.

Madame Grandet and her daughter looked at each other in astonishment.

B~ astonishment and grief, she could not outter a word.

Paul looked at the boy in a astonishment, then impulsively he added, " would you like to take a ride in my automobile? "

You can hardly imagine their astonishment at finding the room empty.

"How is that? " asked Carrie in astonishment.

You may imagine their astonishment AT finding the room empty.

This small attractive match, can not help but let us astonishment.

Many people have even reacted with deep astonishment. They are under the impression I am discussing a very distant issue.

" Ford in astonishment say: " President, I think top all than me, why do you take me hired?

And can you imagine the real astonishment and consternation when Joseph finally said to them all: 'I am your brother Joseph'.

To my astonishment, my father ambled in alone never before having visited me without my mother.

Monseigneur Bienvenu listened in some astonishment to this language, which was very new to him.

"Why do you have to go to MIT? " asked Mr. Olesen in total astonishment.

He threw the letter on the desk, stiffened with astonishment.

Is he a person or a ghost? "Zhang Yang in astonishment opened widely a mouth. "

"Yes, my dear fATher, " replied Edmond, smiling AT his fATher's astonishment AT the excessive honor paid to his son

the schoolmaster heard her with astonishment

To the major's astonishment, the Tibetans with whom he was camping showed no surprise at his story;

Wonder, one that arouses awe, astonishment, surprise, or admiration; a marvel

overwhelm with emotion or astonishment

little suspiration of awe and astonishment

Nigh dead with feare, and faint astonishment,