Astounding
[ə'staʊndɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astound
(a.) Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact.
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Examples
- The enthusiasm of the crusaders evaporated with astounding rapidity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Its performance on its first trial trip was absolutely astounding to every observer. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- From that point, I have already traced the succession of events which led me to the astounding discovery at the quicksand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When I heard that astounding answer, all my thoughts were startled back on the instant to my parting with Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Astounding insular audacity! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was most astounding! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No one who watched the textile strike at Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1912 can forget the astounding effect it had on the complacency of the public. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Gas as General Illuminants, and cover an astounding range of inquiry and comment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Everywhere was tumult, exultation, deafening and maniacal bewilderment, astounding noise, yet furious dumb-show. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Sherlock Holmes's answer was an astounding one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A leaping elephant would be a far less astounding idea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By these machines the astounding result was reached of making the stockings at the cost of one-sixth of a mill per pair. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He knew everything and a great deal besides, about all the world--in a word, he made the most astounding revelations to the simple-hearted Major. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This was the sole vestige of democracy in the astounding pyramid. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A Buffer, suddenly astounding the other three, by detaching himself, and asserting individuality, inquires: 'How discovered, and why? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The record in the second case would appear astounding, as no less a handicap occurred than the burning down of the station itself. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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