verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
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He plunged it into a dish of lavender essence and was astonished how quickly the burn healed.
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It is astonishing how quickly sailors return to their habitat.
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I was astonished how fast the game has become since the back pass rule has changed.
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It was astonishing how quickly time passed now that I wanted it to slow down.
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Once again Charles was astonished how easily Malcolm would fall for the oldest cons in the business.
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How astonished would Polly's parents have been had they returned at this point.
more
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And even more astonished he went back to la Sologne - not just physically but emotionally.
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But what is still more astonishing is that what goes for individuals goes for governments too.
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Nothing, however, was more astonishing than the speed with which all of it was built.
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But it demonstrates something much more astonishing: that in a sense all matter is illusion!
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Even more astonishing , the number of 10-meter bodies in Earth-crossing orbits is roughly a hundred million!
most
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The most astonishing thing about this object is its antiquity.
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Perhaps the most astonishing finding was that the effects seemed to endure after the training stopped.
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The last of these is the most astonishing .
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I looked up to see a most astonishing creature.
so
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The police were so astonished they put away their truncheons and led the small man away.
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So astonishing are the anecdotes, so bizarre the characters, that eventually the reader has to suspend a truckload of disbelief.
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I suppose the main reason was that I was so astonished to find that they existed at all.
when
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I was astonished when we began walking down the now weed-strewn path to feel a familiar feeling of fear and expectation.
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They were astonished when they found that he was a lad of no more than seventeen.
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I was duly astonished when Harley asked for his putter and sent Derek Jefferson ahead to hold the flag.
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They say Mind presumed an inquiry would involve the families and those advising them and we were astonished when it did not.
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I was frankly astonished when this gentleman was ennobled.
■ VERB
seem
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I ask Beate whether she hates the boys, and she seems astonished by the question.
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That we made it through Taos without being apprehended seems astonishing .
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Our parents seem astonished that we tend to question authority.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Einstein's work still astonishes physicists.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Stan has now rediscovered the fish bed and is currently preparing new specimens to astonish and delight the world.
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Though depleted by robbery in Thrace on the way home, Vulso's loot astonished the Romans for its size and quality.