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Discover LudwigThe phrase "astonished from" is not correct or commonly used in written English.
Typically, "astonished" is followed by "by" or "at" to indicate the source of surprise or amazement. Here are a few examples: - I was astonished by the extravagant display of wealth at the party. - She was astonished at how quickly her children had grown up. - The audience was astonished by the magician's incredible illusions. - He was astonished at the sight of the massive dinosaur skeleton in the museum. Note that in these examples, "astonished" is followed by a noun or pronoun, rather than another preposition such as "from." If you are trying to express that the feeling of astonishment originated from a specific source or event, you might use a different construction, such as: - I was astonished to learn that she had won the award. - She was astonished by the news that her favorite band was coming to town. - The team was astonished to find out they had won the championship. - He was astonished by the incredible talent of the street performers. In each of these sentences, the feeling of astonishment is tied to a specific event or revelation.
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But the fact that on Sunday one million demonstrators said "basta!" is a positive and welcome sign to the whole world watching astonished from abroad.
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"I'm astonished, apart from anything else," Beckett said.
Shortly before 6pm there was a relieved — astonished — cheer from government MPs when their tellers moved into the winning position.
There did not appear to be any injuries, but several pairs of sunglasses were damaged in the mini-melee, which drew astonished stares from an assortment of tourists and Yeshiva students.
(Those descriptions would read like exaggerations if other observers hadn't also testified to Capote's surprising stoutness. The editor Leo Lerman, who once saw Capote naked in a bathroom at Yaddo, said, "I was astonished because from the hips down he seemed to be a truck driver").
When I said that in that case they could perform the surgery themselves, their leader waved them off and I lead them all out like a group of badly behaved schoolboys, followed by the astonished looks from the hospital staff and a guard.
This man will stoop to anything!" Paul was astonished to learn from Steinbrenner's wife, Joan, that her husband had barred her from eating in the stadium's Yankee Club dining room.
Astonishing news from Walvis Bay, Namibia, where scientists from the Namibian Dolphin project on Tuesday confirmed the sighting of a grey whale.
I am sad but far from astonished that they are so seemingly cavalier with assurances to troubled MPs.
In 1994, they were astonished when photographs from NASA's Galileo spacecraft revealed a tiny moon circling the asteroid Ida.
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