Sentence examples for astonishing sums from inspiring English sources

Yet in those department stores that succeed, depachika pull in astonishing sums.

They pay fashion designers such as Giovanni Scutaro, who used to dress Chávez, astonishing sums for outfits.

First, in a small market, the astonishing sums of money expended on new books, especially novels, have become unreal and unsustainable.

Stories wouldn't be appearing – as they have in recent days – about the astonishing sums of money her campaign has been spending.

Their families were often gouged for astonishing sums; up to $40,000 per head, according to several of the hundreds of personal testimonies collected.

Only five years ago, the top tier of spammers was building "online marketing" companies and selling them for astonishing sums, in the millions of dollars.

The painting sold for 800 francs, an astonishing sum for a young, unknown artist in 1865.

The Yankees traded him to the Cubs on July 27 for a reported $97,500, an astonishing sum for that era.

Five years later, their widows sold the company to the New York investment firm of Dillon Read & Company for the astonishing sum of $146 million.

For any candidate that would be an exemplary midday's work, but in Mississippi, where the median household income is $30,161, it is a truly astonishing sum.

Branson has made an astonishing sum of money from the unglamorous business of operating a rail franchise, leased from the government.