Sentence examples for Profound astonishment from inspiring English sources
The critical reception accorded to Swordfishtrombones included much profound astonishment, and Waits's songwriting peers sitting up and taking notice, too.
I had trouble explaining; he didn't get it, but then suddenly he saw it, too, and he let out a cry of profound astonishment.
"The foreign ministry expressed to the government of Israel, via its ambassador in Mexico, its profound astonishment, rejection and disappointment over Prime Minister Netanyahu's message," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Levi registers the same astonishment when first hit by a German officer — "a profound amazement: how can one strike a man without anger?" Or when, driven by thirst, he breaks off an icicle only to have it snatched away by a guard.
Levi registers the same astonishment when first hit by a German officer—"a profound amazement: how can one strike a man without anger?" Or when, driven by thirst, he breaks off an icicle only to have it snatched away by a guard.
I stood in awe and wonder, reverence and astonishment, elation and perplexity; a profound sadness and an irresistible smile of infinite joy took possession of me simultaneously in a moment that seemed to last for ever.
And in the brilliance of that night, and in the profoundest silence I'd ever heard, I took one disbelieving look and shrieked -- simply yowled out my astonishment, and the howl went echoing across those bottomless convolutions that could not possibly exist outside of dreams.
Milosevic feigned astonishment: "Me?
Astonishment dried her tears.
The boy registered astonishment.
