AMAZEMENT in a Sentence

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268 example sentences for AMAZEMENT, such as:
1. The girls looked all amazement.
2. Just the size of the place amazed her.
3. His skill as a dancer really amazed me.
4. She listened with a dim kind of amazement.
5. I was amazed at the extent of his knowledge.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of AMAZEMENT
amazement
 n.  the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
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)
1  My amazement reached its climax when Miss Temple asked the finial question.
2  But my amazement reached its climax when Miss Temple asked Helen if she sometimes snatched a moment to recall the Latin her father had taught her.
3  My daughter and I looked at each other in amazement, and with beaming smiles threw our arms around each other.
4  To everyone's amazement, the goal was disallowed.
5  We all watched in amazement as he juggled with three flaming torches.
6  We were amazed to discover that we'd been at school together.
7  I was amazed to discover that Mary's husband and Jane's son are one and the same.
8  Visitors are often amazed to discover how little the town has changed.
9  He amazed everyone by passing his driving test.
10  I was amazed at the extent of his knowledge.
11  He's always seemed very self-controlled, so I was amazed by his sudden outburst in the office.
12  He never ceased to be amazed by her physical strength.
13  I have been amazed at the universality of all of our experiences, whatever our origins, sex or age.
14  Just the size of the place amazed her.
15  His skill as a dancer really amazed me.