Astonishment in example sentence

The duchess was amazed at Altisidora's assurance; she knew that she was bold, lively, and impudent, but not so much so as to venture to make free in this fashion; and not being prepared for the joke, her astonishment was all the greater.

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And to my astonishment, they backed me 100 percent.

Bit by bit, her condition stabilized, and then to our astonishment, she actually improved.

And I was confused, because the fire hadn't been difficult physically, so why was he looking at me with something like astonishment?

Take a direct north-south bearing, you find to your astonishment that it bisects the intiwatana stone, goes to the skyline, hits the heart of Salcantay, the second of the most important mountains of the Incan empire.

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