To almost everyone's astonishment, that match finished goalless.
It's hard to convey the giggly astonishment that sweeps over you when you walk into Lord Sugar's Essex gastropub.
The mouth of one of the spectators — that of the victim's younger brother — fell open, as if to mime the astonishment that ran through the room.
But it would give a different sheen to the astonishment that follows some winner's triumph, or to some nominees' reactions to losing.
"Stupor is plainly a different thing from tremor; it signifies blank wonder, an astonishment that strikes us dumb, amazement absolute" (p. 26).
I recall the intense joy (and astonishment) that filled me when over 20 volunteers visited my classroom to help my students with the writing process.
Nor does it mean, to my astonishment, that their show isn't repetitive, solemn, and boring.
His advisers discovered, to their astonishment, that he really meant it.
Other education and city officials expressed astonishment that the police were not notified.
When challenged on that point, he expressed astonishment that anyone could possibly dispute his convictions.
Its four movements evoke an astonishment that deepens with every hearing.
