as in wonderful
causing wonder or astonishment
what a wondrous discovery fire must have been
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Recent Examples of wondrous
And this was just a purely blissful, wondrous, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Less prominent were the opera’s wondrous lyric moments or a sense of Golijov’s inventive, multifaceted musical sources.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
The challenge — and opportunity — is clear: to create retail and dining spaces that feel as wondrous and essential as the rides themselves.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The firm works on projects globally and excels at crafting family-friendly homes with a wondrous feel.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025
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Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 13 May 2025
Less prominent were the opera’s wondrous lyric moments or a sense of Golijov’s inventive, multifaceted musical sources.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
The challenge — and opportunity — is clear: to create retail and dining spaces that feel as wondrous and essential as the rides themselves.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
The firm works on projects globally and excels at crafting family-friendly homes with a wondrous feel.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wondrous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wondrous
Adjective
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She’s got a wonderful dynamic with Sydney Agudong, who plays Nani.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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Tanja Caldwell designed the wonderful costumes for Mara Block Ali’s Netflix series, Forever.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Here’s a look at his amazing performance. Notes . . .—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Our region also has a number of other destinations that might not necessarily have the Dark Sky designation, but their clear skies, lack of light pollution, or access to astronomical instruments allow visitors to see star clusters, planets, and other amazing features of the night sky.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2025
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Still, Maye was able to make a miraculous pass for the first down, throwing against the grain.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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This astonishing debut is a classic in the making, a story to be loved and appreciated for generations to come.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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But now imagine going further still into the realm of the astonishing, and creating not just molecules that resemble naturally occurring ones, but their exact mirror images which are not naturally found anywhere on Earth.—
Eva Amsen,
JSTOR Daily,
11 June 2025
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The announcement, though abrupt, was not altogether surprising: City leaders have fretted the loss of Blue Diamond since the 1990s, and the cooperative has been steadily cutting costs in recent years.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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That's why the kind of blowup that happened this week was very surprising, disappointing to me.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The Six Senses Milan, which will open early next year, is the most marvelous project.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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America may be getting regulated into wan electroluminescence, but the marvelous Ms. Seltzer and her pack of canine companions will not go gentle, or dimly, into that good night.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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The incredible two on the par 5 was just the fourth albatross at the U.S. Open in recorded history and the first since 2012 when Nick Watney made one, according to Justin Ray.—
Troy Finnegan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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The incredible semblance of natural language fluency exhibited by the computational capabilities of contemporary LLMs seems to be a sure sign that the road ahead must lead to AGI/ASI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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And yet Anderson’s commitment to his sensibility and his craft is folded into this sublime anthology of stories, which honors the finest journalistic tradition of opening a small window into the lives of others — and doing it concisely, too, within a limited word count.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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But his skill set also includes more, as his sublime goal-creating pass for Hugo Bueno in last season’s FA Cup quarter-final against Coventry City demonstrated.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wondrous. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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