noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
look
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He darted about looking to satisfy his astonishment but the old lady had melted away.
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I looked at him in astonishment .
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She looked to him in astonishment , shaken, and was irrationally infuriated to see that he was asleep.
see
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We looked out of the window and saw to our astonishment , a procession of women rounding the street corner.
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He must have seen the astonishment in my face.
stare
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The portraits themselves seemed to be staring in astonishment .
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She stared in astonishment as a waiter pushed a drinks trolley into the room.
watch
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Athelstan watched in astonishment: Sir John's permanent hunger always fascinated him.
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Clutching the strings of their red balloons, they watched in astonishment as Marie and Benjy passed with Omar.
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The wind dropped once, and he watched in astonishment as flies landed on his face and hands in clots.
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Wyatt came over to watch out of sheer astonishment and pride.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Everyone gasped in astonishment as the cars came around the last bend.
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To everyone's astonishment , more than 100 people volunteered to help that day.
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You should have seen the look of astonishment on his face!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As he passed our party he saluted with polite astonishment .
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Her eyebrows rose in astonishment when she saw that somebody had taken her parking place.
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Maybe it was the element of sheer surprise, the astonishment that anyone could be so stupid.
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To her astonishment , she had almost enjoyed their conversation.
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To her astonishment , they fell together.
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We exclaimed our astonishment and relief, and rushed to embrace him.
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Wyatt came over to watch out of sheer astonishment and pride.