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402 examples of Astonishment in a sentence

Julien was spellbound with astonishment; he was tempted to guess what this meant, but did not dare.
'If you are thinking of me, when I pass, have a bunch of violets in your hand.'Amanda gazed at him with an air of astonishment; this gaze changed Julien's courage into temerity; he blushed deeply, however, as he said to her:'I feel that I love you with the most violent love.''Don't speak so loud, then,' she warned him with an air of alarm.
His astonishment increased when he questioned him more particularly on the Holy Scriptures.
But the astonishment of the Director of the Seminary knew no bounds when, questioning Julien as to the authority of the Pope, and expecting the maxims of the ancient Gallican church, he heard the young man repeat the whole of M. de Maistre's book.
The abbe Pirard gazed at him in astonishment, like a man who, in the course of long years, has fallen out of the way of meeting with delicate emotions.
Julien saw with astonishment that this priest boldly opened the letter addressed to the Bishop.
Julien replied with candour, to the astonishment of the prelate, that this author was not to be found in the library of the Seminary.
I take the greatest interest in the fortunes of my house, I may carry it far; I look after my pleasures, and that is what must come before everything else, at least in my eyes,' he went on, noticing the astonishment in the eyes of the abbe Pirard.
'But you will have to go through the servant's room,' said Julien with astonishment.
So great was his astonishment at finding so distinguished a person in place of the vulgar fellow he had met in the cafe, that he could not think of a single word to say.
He remarked with astonishment that the Marquis showed a polite consideration for his self-esteem which he had never received from the old surgeon.
Altamira looked at her in astonishment; Julien did not deign to look at her.'Note that the revolution at the head of which I found myself,' Conte Altamira went on, 'was unsuccessful, solely because I would not cut off three heads, and distribute among our supporters seven or eight millions which happened to be in a safe of which I held the key.
A bitter irony repulsed the assurances of friendship with which Mademoiselle de La Mole in astonishment ventured on two or three occasions, to try him.
But why all these precautions?' said Mathilde, with astonishment.
This series of actions, very deliberate towards the end, occupied fully a minute; Mademoiselle de La Mole gazed at him in astonishment.
Julien could not breathe for astonishment ...Mathilde found fault with herself for almost everything that she had done for him.
The cure turned his head, Julien half-opened his eyes; what was his astonishment!
The German peasant gazed at him in astonishment; for he knew enough French to make out the enormous blunders into which the Prince fell.
This announcement filled Julien with profound astonishment.
I shall give you my arm, and we shall go out by the front door, in the full light of day.'Julien in astonishment begged her to wait for a week.
He found, greatly to his astonishment, that the other was not unduly surprised at his confession.
As Julien did not in any way alter his air of cold astonishment, she burst into a flood of tears.
The change of name filled him with astonishment.
When all the eyes that were looking for Julien became aware of his presence, on seeing him take his place on the slightly raised bench reserved for the prisoner, he was greeted with a murmur of astonishment and tender interest.
"What's that?" exclaimed K., and looked at the three in astonishment.
asked K. in astonishment.
This impression was augmented by the painter's asking, "Were you wanting to buy some pictures or did you want to have yourself painted?"K. looked at the painter in astonishment.
This made his astonishment all the more obvious when he heard the following words from the lawyer: "You speak well of him," said the lawyer, "but that's just what makes it difficult for me.
But under the pulpit - K. grinned in astonishment - there really was a priest standing with his hand on the handrail ready to climb the steps and looking at K. Then he nodded very slightly, so that K. crossed himself and genuflected as he should have done earlier.
And then he goes on to tell of the astonishment of everybody who saw it; and what his wife said, when he got home, and of what Joe Buggles thought about it.
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