as in amazement
the rapt attention and deep emotion caused by the sight of something extraordinary
gazed in wonderment at the holiday decorations
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Recent Examples of wonderment
Life can be so monotonous and there are so few things that inspire a sense of genuine wonderment and amazement about life and being alive.
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Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
The girls become kindred spirits, sharing secrets, wonderment, and several key world events.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024
Advertisement The quake jostled cameras and jolted the structure, giving anyone who has experienced a tremor conflicting sensations of wonderment and disorder.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
The wonderment in Habba’s voice suggested the loquacious ex-president had just turned water to wine right there on the streets of Manhattan.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
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Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
The girls become kindred spirits, sharing secrets, wonderment, and several key world events.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024
Advertisement The quake jostled cameras and jolted the structure, giving anyone who has experienced a tremor conflicting sensations of wonderment and disorder.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
The wonderment in Habba’s voice suggested the loquacious ex-president had just turned water to wine right there on the streets of Manhattan.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for wonderment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonderment
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TikTok viewers expressed their own amazement and fear of the scene in the viral clip.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Brown was mobbed by his teammates, while the Commanders sideline sprinted onto the field in amazement and shock, including head coach Dan Quinn.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
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The flip side of that is the sense of astonishment at how the history that has been written about Dial does not reflect his actual achievement, and essentially, not only limits it but imagines things that don’t actually fit.Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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In the fall of 2016, the editors of The New Yorker published an enthusiastic endorsement of Hillary Clinton: On November 8th, barring some astonishment, the people of the United States will, after two hundred and forty years, send a woman to the White House.The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
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Wiley has long been explicit about the erotic aspects of his work and the often fine line that separates admiration and exploitation.Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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Binoche took the stage and thanked the Thessaloniki Film Festival organizers and shared her admiration for Greece’s rich history.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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That’s part of the Dune trap — moviegoers for the 1984 version were greeted with a glossary of terminology — but so far, the show doesn’t have the magisterial wonder of the Villeneuve films to give it a boost.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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The cryptocurrency is now the eighth (most valuable) wonder of the financial world — beating out silver.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Wonderment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonderment. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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