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    1. There are a couple of things in this world which astonish me, and this was one of them, because SAP COIN normally did not make such errors, being utterly professional when it came to counter-insurgency where the acknowledged kill ratio was beyond anything the West ever heard about


    2. Many longhaired liberals became lawyers so that they could astonish everyone by asking senseless and idiotic questions


    3. That certain ethnic or racial groups have historically outperformed others in a variety of different fields including sports, medicine, arts and sciences, literature or education in general, should not astonish critics skeptical of the underlying differences owing to cultural and (natural) agents that predispose achievement


    4. “You continually impress and astonish me, my dear,” he complimented her


    5. 20 And Benjamin beheld that instrument with the map of the stars of Heaven, and he was wise and looked in it to know where his brother was, and Benjamin divided the whole land of Egypt into four divisions, and he found that he who was sitting on the throne before him was his brother Joseph, and Benjamin wondered greatly, and when Joseph saw that his brother Benjamin was so much astonished, he said to Benjamin, What have you seen, and why are you astonish?


    6. 20 And Benjamin beheld that instrument with the map of the stars of Heaven and he was wise and looked in it to know where his brother was and Benjamin divided the whole land of Egypt into four divisions and he found that he who was sitting on the throne before him was his brother Joseph and Benjamin wondered greatly and when Joseph saw that his brother Benjamin was so much astonished he said to Benjamin What have you seen and why are you astonish?


    7. „The idea of drugs on the premises didn"t appear to astonish


    8. kissed with a loving tenderness that would astonish the gods


    9. You astonish me; for have you not Miss Cheriton? Still, on reflection I think I do see that what you feel you want is more a solid bread-and-butter sort of relationship; no sentiment, genial good advice, a helping hand if not a guiding one--really a good thick slice of bread-and-butter as a set-off to a diet of constant cake


    10. ’ She definitely knew how to impress, astonish, and temporarily blind everyone she came in contact with

    11. “Your mortal thoughts and actions just… well… astonish us at times,”


    12. In the Gospels and Epistles, in the teaching of Christ and His apostles, you find it flaming out like lightning on every side, whose 'flash hangs durable in heaven;’ you find a terrible clearness of outline and force of coloring given to the doctrine, which astonish and overawe you


    13. with intent to astonish


    14. “Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action


    15. O wonderful son, that can so astonish a mother! But is there no sequel at the heels of this mother's admiration? Impart


    16. Do I astonish more than they?


    17. But proceed; by-and-by I may tell you something that will astonish you as much as it will excite your compassion


    18. "Let your worship get up," said Sancho, "and you will see the nice business you have made of it, and what we have to pay; and you will see the queen turned into a private lady called Dorothea, and other things that will astonish you, if you understand them


    19. The only one that fared at all well with him was a Spanish soldier, something de Saavedra by name, to whom he never gave a blow himself, or ordered a blow to be given, or addressed a hard word, although he had done things that will dwell in the memory of the people there for many a year, and all to recover his liberty; and for the least of the many things he did we all dreaded that he would be impaled, and he himself was in fear of it more than once; and only that time does not allow, I could tell you now something of what that soldier did, that would interest and astonish you much more than the narration of my own tale


    20. And then if we turn to sacred dramas--what miracles they invent in them! What apocryphal, ill-devised incidents, attributing to one saint the miracles of another! And even in secular plays they venture to introduce miracles without any reason or object except that they think some such miracle, or transformation as they call it, will come in well to astonish stupid people and draw them to the play

    21. And then when the repast is over and the tables removed, for the knight to recline in the chair, picking his teeth perhaps as usual, and a damsel, much lovelier than any of the others, to enter unexpectedly by the chamber door, and herself by his side, and begin to tell him what the castle is, and how she is held enchanted there, and other things that amaze the knight and astonish the readers who are perusing his history


    22. "There is a great deal of truth in what you say, niece," returned Don Quixote, "and I could tell you somewhat about birth that would astonish you; but, not to mix up things human and divine, I refrain


    23. So that, gentle sir, neither this horse, nor this lance, nor this shield, nor this squire, nor all these arms put together, nor the sallowness of my countenance, nor my gaunt leanness, will henceforth astonish you, now that you know who I am and what profession I follow


    24. "After doing the civil all round, and airing our best bonnet, we shall astonish you by the elegant hospitalities of our mansion, the brilliant society we shall draw about us, and the beneficial influence we shall exert over the world at large


    25. The instant he entered the inn he knew Don Quixote and Sancho, and with that knowledge it was easy for him to astonish them and all who were there; but it would have cost him dear had Don Quixote brought down his hand a little lower when he cut off King Marsilio's head and destroyed all his horsemen, as related in the preceeding chapter


    26. astonish, astound the compassionate bowels of all who hear it, nay, all who come to hear it in the course of time


    27. "That I have still to furnish," said the farmer; "but a time will come when we may be able if we are not now; and I can tell you, senor, if I could paint her gracefulness and her tall figure, it would astonish you; but that is impossible because she is bent double with her knees up to her mouth; but for all that it is easy to see that if she could stand up she'd knock her head against the ceiling; and she would have given her hand to my bachelor ere this, only that she can't stretch it out, for it's contracted; but still one can see its elegance and fine make by its long furrowed nails


    28. "In reliance upon that promise," said Don Antonio, "I will astonish you with what you shall see and hear, and relieve myself of some of the vexation it gives me to have no one to whom I can confide my secrets, for they are not of a sort to be entrusted to everybody


    29. He says, therefore, that on the model of another head, the work of an image maker, which he had seen at Madrid, Don Antonio made this one at home for his own amusement and to astonish ignorant people; and its mechanism was as follows


    30. I promise you when you find yourself saddled with two thousand copies you will feel so sore that it will astonish you,

    31. bonelace, and ruffles of the same that served them for wristbands, with four fingers' breadth of the arms exposed to make their hands look longer; in their hands they held rackets of fire; but what amazed me still more was that books, apparently full of wind and rubbish, served them for tennis balls, a strange and marvellous thing; this, however, did not astonish me so much as to observe that, although with players it is usual for the winners to be glad and the losers sorry, there in that game all were growling, all were snarling, and all were cursing one another


    32. "Let not that astonish you," answered the Caliph; "we studied together, and have


    33. And the thing was so much the more annoying, as, according to the characteristic modesty of a Frenchman, Albert had quitted Paris with the full conviction that he had only to show himself in Italy to carry all before him, and that upon his return he should astonish the Parisian world with the recital of his numerous love-affairs


    34. Upon arriving at her hotel, Franz perceived that she had deceived him when she spoke of expecting company; on the contrary, her own return before the appointed hour seemed greatly to astonish the servants


    35. must astonish you who are only accustomed to the happiness I meet here; but contentment is


    36. "Yes, it is very soon," said the doctor, looking at the corpse before him; "but that ought not to astonish you; Monsieur and Madame de Saint-Meran died as soon


    37. "You astonish me, Mr


    38. Men in power then ruled more for their own ends than in these latter times; and use and wont sanctioned and sanctified many doings, from the days of our ancestors, that, but to imagine, will astonish and startle posterity


    39. The words seemed to astonish him


    40. It was as if what I had yearned for had come at last only to astonish me

    41. Grandet twirled his thumbs for four hours, absorbed in calculations whose results were on the morrow to astonish Saumur


    42. Doggett) and we three should part—howe’er, not without Isobel’s revealing some Mystery which, she declar’d, would both astonish and delight me


    43. Tom's excitement enabled him to keep awake until a pretty late hour, and he had good hopes of hearing Huck's "maow," and of having his treasure to astonish Becky and the picnickers with, next day; but he was disappointed


    44. people to catch all spies and bring them to him, and now reproached them for doing so; now expelled all the French residents from Moscow, and now allowed Madame Aubert-Chalme (the center of the whole French colony in Moscow) to remain, but ordered the venerable old postmaster Klyucharev to be arrested and exiled for no particular offense; now assembled the people at the Three Hills to fight the French and now, to get rid of them, handed over to them a man to be killed and himself drove away by a back gate; now declared that he would not survive the fall of Moscow, and now wrote French verses in albums concerning his share in the affair- this man did not understand the meaning of what was happening but merely wanted to do something himself that would astonish people, to perform some patriotically heroic feat; and like a child he made sport of the momentous, and unavoidable event- the abandonment and burning of now to stay the enormous, popular tide that bore him along with it


    45. He had never danced like that in Moscow and would even have considered such a very free and easy manner improper and in bad form, but here he felt it incumbent on him to astonish them all by something unusual, something they would have to accept as the regular thing in the capital though new to them in the provinces


    46. snuck from his coat a thing to astonish the boarders and amaze the rest


    47. These men did not astonish each other


    48. The Corsican vendetta has penetrated to certain lower strata and has become the law there; it is so simple that it does not astonish souls which are but half turned towards good; and those hearts are so constituted that a criminal, who is in the path of repentance, may be scrupulous in the matter of theft and unscrupulous in the matter of vengeance


    49. The removal of the bookcase from before the billiard-room door struck him especially, but he had scarcely more than time to feel astonished at all this, before there were sounds from the billiard-room to astonish him still farther


    50. "Do I astonish you?" said he












    1. astonished they both turned their eyes


    2. Fortunately, her back is turned and she doesn’t see my astonished expression


    3. She introduced me to three plump and gauky guys as an author and an artist, then we did the round of the offices once again, I had to shake hands and smiles with all those astonished people, once again we arrested everybody's attention


    4. He's astonished as every detail is the same


    5. Once again Alfred was astonished by the scale of what they were seeing


    6. across our green hilled globe, be astonished by the fantastical


    7. The more I pulled myself down the more accustomed I became; the more I explored with open eyes, the more I was astonished by the unbelievable mad blueness of the sea


    8. The old girl sat back in her seat, looking quite astonished


    9. Andrew was astonished at the accuracy of this young mans hand


    10. A glare of sunlight catches my attention and I watch puzzled as we draw nearer to the cause of this brightness … astonished, I see a vast greenhouse complex

    11. And when they sang and I saw such a bold display of pride and such skill in crafting mantinada they left me astonished and full


    12. The seamstress and tailor were astonished at the simplicity of the gown and asked if they might use her design as they were sure that after her court appearance they would be inundated with requests for gowns of a similar design


    13. As I cried and held my little boy, I was astonished


    14. were all astonished and touched by this miraculous


    15. ’ I went on, watching as an astonished expression covers his face


    16. They were astonished, dismayed as they discussed what to do


    17. ’ Chrissie said, astonished that her voice sounded so normal


    18. lashing at the ancient stonework, Tom was astonished to see a lone


    19. Accidentally touching Ozzie on the shoulder, she was astonished when he jumped violently, turning on her with enormous eyes and a palpable relief when he realised who it was


    20. The fighters were all astonished by the sudden scene

    21. went on, “And I was astonished by the way the buildings were bigger


    22. “Do you have any questions before you begin?” He asked that last, as if he would be astonished if any one of them should have a question


    23. By the end of the following week, everyone was astonished, not by the passage of time but by the accomplishments achieved


    24. appropriate reply, and was astonished to hear Claude


    25. Porete continued to pray, and was astonished to see that


    26. But - you’ll be astonished to know - not all of this


    27. to her feet and threw her arms around the astonished


    28. were astonished to hear the nearby crowing of a cock


    29. long the journey should have taken him - was astonished


    30. They were astonished to observe the rage of the Spaniards to obtain them; and had no notion that there could anywhere be a country in which many people had the disposal of so great a superfluity of food; so scanty always among themselves, that, for a very small quantity of those glittering baubles, they would willingly give as much as might maintain a whole family for many years

    31. she was astonished to see that it was the young


    32. It was their turn to look astonished, how long had she known about Nimblefax


    33. quiet and looked on with that ‘in vogue’ astonished look


    34. I’d astonished them with my Iliad, they feted me with the best wine I ever drank


    35. He was totally astonished


    36. And she was astonished at herself


    37. “Huh?” Danny was astonished at this


    38. The lady, now naked, ran her fingers over her lush body, and then astonished Danny by crawling on top of the bed, walking on her knees


    39. After some probing, he found the upper part of the hole, plunged his tongue in and was astonished at the wetness of the spot


    40. Again he agreeably astonished her

    41. His tutors were astonished – by the end of term – at his inexplicable improvement; he even had to convince the school principle that he was not cheating or receiving special tuition


    42. “Fish?” I was astonished fish could be transported


    43. With that, David broke from Esther"s hand, took a few steps, plopped down and looked astonished


    44. “I was as astonished as you look at this moment


    45. I was so astonished I hardly knew what to say


    46. As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider


    47. ‘The computer?’ said Gerrid, astonished


    48. And he realized, then, that they were as astonished as he about this bombshell the captain


    49. Kokofuku, pointing to the Ansahs, who stood by, looking half amused, half astonished, shouted angrily, “And what about those men, who have brought this trouble upon our heads?” The Governor replied: “The Ansahs will be arrested as criminals and taken to the coast on a charge of forgery


    50. "Do you know my name, then?" cried Toinette, astonished










































    1. astonishes me how many shared issues different functions want to discuss


    2. It astonishes me how quickly and with open-arms, believers will embrace new earthly technologies, scientific & medical discoveries, inventions and medicines (and much more) as if they are all blessings from the hand of God


    3. Yet it still astonishes me that I was able to write this first letter to her after spending just five days together:


    4. · This is what astonishes people – when we give without expecting return


    5. astonishes me how you have prepared each life with the exact ingredients


    6. Sue said, “With your mental connection, it just astonishes me that you


    7. "You have always a good reason for your opinions, but this astonishes me


    8. This astonishes me on the part of Henri IV


    9. “Our Russian intensity not only astonishes ourselves; all Europe wonders at our conduct in such cases! For, if one of us goes over to Roman Catholicism, he is sure to become a Jesuit at once, and a rabid one into the bargain


    10. “Wonderful, uncle, wonderful! It astonishes me that you should have been able to keep it so long!”

    1. gap toothed charm while the astonishing cavalcade played again


    2. Beautiful murals, truly astonishing, revealed themselves through the craftsmanship and the silence


    3. an astonishing influence over the tissues of the body


    4. indeed an astonishing discovery, bearing the power


    5. Astonishing Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Website


    6. Damash felt his body relax and waver slightly from the astonishing statement so casually delivered


    7. “And because the coastline was so isolated, an astonishing


    8. thought and there seemed to be an astonishing number of rooms in


    9. familiar routine, counter-pointed by the astonishing – indeed, magical


    10. language was astonishing for one exposed for the first time

    11. immediately,” Bram said, speaking with an astonishing authority that


    12. face the crowd after an embarrassment like that was astonishing


    13. these astonishing things are


    14. This was our first introduction to that astonishing


    15. previous night, but – more astonishing still – when did


    16. astonishing, given that the man spoke no English and


    17. The transformation was astonishing,


    18. Most astonishing of all


    19. come up with an astonishing number


    20. It seemed equally astonishing that he’d chosen to save her life as that a blind man had been able to fight so well

    21. The doors opened on to the edge of an astonishing room


    22. It is even more astonishing to find that if one considers each book in the New Testament, they all demonstrate this very peculiar feature: Each book contains words that are only used in that specific book and are divisible by 7


    23. What is astonishing about this 187-letter ELS in the Bible, is the complexity of the fact that it actually contains 13 different codes that convey 85 different sentences, reading in both directions at various intervals and have the same negative outlook or describe something bad in each case


    24. astonishing answer was his own front door


    25. twitters--it was astonishing what pretty noises the wind made, for it


    26. It always leaves an astonishing amount of damage


    27. It was astonishing how many


    28. Moving with astonishing speed, the deformed badger pushed a claw deep into the Preceptor's ear, twisting it savagely


    29. Behold, the great army, the astonishing company, the assemblage of nations who have come together to fight against The Holy One of Israel, shall be broken in pieces without hand!


    30. This led to the famous "Green Leader" bombing attack in Zambia where the Rhodesian Air Force took command of the Zambian airspace with probably the most astonishing radio call ever made in Southern Africa

    31. In retrospect, this was an astonishing accomplishment considering the many congressmen and senators far too numerous to mention, George McGovern (South Dakota) and Frank Church (Idaho) quickly


    32. She listened at the doorway out of sight as her son, with his fists and the lit end of a cigarette, forced the petite Latin girl, held immobile in the firm grip of two Boston street thugs to repeat for her benefit an astonishing story


    33. It’s truly and astonishing airport in a city-state like the Vatican


    34. He was floating in nothingness, his thoughts returning to his first meeting with the man who had sent him here, and the astonishing explanation of how Fantasy Island operated


    35. As an astonishing dawn rolled round to reveal clueless acres of sea and sky, we longed to know where the hell we were


    36. Was this guy totally whacked out, just trying to impress her with a fancy line of crap – or what? He certainly had some astonishing bullshit! Dozens of questions sprang to mind yet, with a knowing smile, she feigned having familiarity with it all and, to allow herself pause to think, began rolling a joint


    37. In the Korean War, he carried out one of the most astonishing modern military maneuvers, landing behind North Korean lines and driving them almost back to the border with China


    38. The potted palms at the patio’s edge stood motionless in the still of the late-night air as they hashed over the astonishing events of the day, and Beth related the whole sordid tale of her problems with the FBI


    39. Then the most amazing thing he had seen, only comparable with the fireball from before, unraveled before his eyes with astonishing speed and breathtaking complexity


    40. It was downright astonishing that the man simply peered through the sand and found a spot where water could be found barely two feet deep

    41. There was the same astonishing presence, awareness of himself, that had spoken to me years before while he had examined me from atop the wall


    42. was hard to imagine her in anything else, and astonishing to see it


    43. Once my deceased loved one sees the astonishing funeral we arranged, all past regrets, sins, lost moments and feuds will be forgiven at once


    44. The Nobel Prize was awarded to Swiss chemist Paul Muller in 1948 for pioneering work he did to help bring about these astonishing results


    45. Their findings include the astonishing revelation that only about 5 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, of such concern to the warming brigades, are produced by human activity


    46. It is astonishing how many one finds at the bottom of a pan of warm water in which sprouts are soaked


    47. Still, if humankind has limits the upper limits can nevertheless reach to astonishing heights


    48. Her saying such things about Lucky was utterly astonishing


    49. Fascinating and astonishing are, indeed, the design and construction of the Gatun, Pedro Miguel and


    50. The short visit to the property that includes the historic Riccarton House was not at all astonishing, but Roger found it somewhat interesting and intriguing














































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    Synonyms for "astonish"

    amaze astonish astound awe stupefy shock overwhelm intimidate dazzle

    "astonish" definitions

    affect with wonder