Amazed

Examples

• Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army, in the midst of peace, and among a free people. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You would be amazed to hear how my brother, Mr. Suckling, sometimes flies about. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It was only what he had been expecting to hear at any time during the months of his work, but nevertheless he was amazed when he did catch the sound. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Dritzhn was amazed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It amazed me to think that one so divinely beautiful could at the same time be so fiendishly vindictive. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Perdita looked at him like one amazed; her expressive countenance shone for a moment with tenderness; to see him only was happiness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And now that you have explained it, I confess that I am as amazed as before. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sch?ffer was amazed when Gutenberg showed him the new press he had built at the Zum Jungen. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Each morning he amazed that matron with a fresh astonishment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I inquired, amazed at hearing the French language. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Laurie, though decidedly amazed, behaved with great presence of mind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Beth looked so amazed at the idea that Jo smiled in spite of her pain, and added softly, Then you didn't, dearie? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• As I approached my outer door, I was amazed to see a key in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Engineers who came from a distance to examine the railroad were amazed at the smoothness of travel over it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I saw it done; and I saw that this boy was perfectly amazed and stupified by it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Windy donkey as he was, it really amazed me that he could have the face to talk thus to mine. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Ursula was amazed and indignant at the way he made small-talk; he was adept as any FAT in Christendom. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Kindnesses all my life, echoed Rawdon, scratching down the words, and quite amazed at his own facility of composition. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Pitt stooped and picked them up, amazed at so much wealth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Sir Pitt started back, amazed at his wife's display of vigour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The Turk, amazed and delighted, endeavoured to kindle the zeal of his deliverer by promises of reward and wealth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Pitt Crawley was amazed and enraptured with her speech. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When I looked up, on leaving his arms, there stood the widow, pale, grave, and amazed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Young Barnacle was in the last degree amazed and disconcerted at sight of Arthur, and had murmured involuntarily, 'Look here! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• How can we stand amazed at poor Rick? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am amazed that you should think of such a thing. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He seemed bewildered and amazed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She became a subscriber; amazed at being anything _in propria persona_, amazed at her own doings in every way, to be a renter, a chuser of books! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• So I'll nod my head, thought Mr. Cruncher, amazed, at all events she'll see that. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

Edited by Bessie