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or marvelling
as in astonished
filled with amazement or wonder
with marveling stares, onlookers gathered round the remarkable invention
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marveling
Adjective
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One of the most memorable examples is Caravaggio’s painting from 1601, in the National Gallery in London, showing an astonished apostle wearing a scallop shell on his vest.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2025 -
Very quickly, Hughes and the Hughes Aircraft company, with characteristic enthusiasm, took over the entire project and left Kaiser on the sidelines more or less as an astonished spectator.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
25 Dec. 2024
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Anyone else is likely to emerge unharmed, if a little bewildered that these good-looking but skin-deep figures merited feature treatment.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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Unleashed upon an unsuspecting public in 1977, Eraserhead initially left crowds confused and bewildered.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Its striking, smoke-ring-like appearance has both awed and puzzled astronomers, who have long debated whether this remnant truly takes on a ring shape or if its appearance is merely an illusion created by our viewpoint in space.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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On Saturday, as culmination to Marvel’s packed San Diego Comic-Con panel announcing the studio’s upcoming slate of projects, veteran MCU hands Anthony and Joe Russo appeared onstage alongside a phalanx of sinister metal-mask-wearing, robed figures to ecstatic cheers and awed murmurs.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
29 July 2024
Adjective
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No one should be surprised if Hezbollah resorts to such intimidation.—
Hanin Ghaddar,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Feb. 2025
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Baker, however, was definitely more surprised than Karagulian.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Social Media Reaction Oliver has been amazed by the online response since sharing her version of the makeup trend.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Debris from the explosion streaked through the sky, leaving people on the ground amazed and confused.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Coogan has worked with Iannucci on and off for 30 years, beginning as a young, awestruck actor in some of the writer’s radio plays.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2025
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Kudrow shouts at Romano, joining the gathering and drawing a more awestruck response from the group.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The sobbing in some of the interviews has left spectators a bit astounded.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
2 Jan. 2025
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Countering Online Misinformation Following her diagnosis, Dr. O'Riordan was astounded by the amount of misinformation and dangerous rhetoric online.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Marveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marveling. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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