Sentence examples for astonishment why from inspiring English sources

By R. W. Baker and Russell Maloney The New Yorker, November 12, 1938 P. 15 "My father went to Harvard," said one little girl, with gentle pride, "Where did your's go?" "Oh, he went to Harvard, too, the other one said, adding with astonishment, "Why?

The general reaction was one of astonishment, which is why, when Mitchell's book landed on my desk, I turned straight to the last chapters.

Why all the astonishment when we woke one morning forced to extreme remedies?

"And then to explain, 'Well, this is a new fiddle,' and to see their astonishment, makes me wonder why people assume you cannot build a fiddle now.

If anything, the bigger surprise is why there was such astonishment at Nicholas' abrupt resignation.

Certainly, the memorial to those who lost their lives should be the centerpiece of the site, but it is worth remembering why the Calatrava design brought such astonishment and relief when it was unveiled.

When the president arrived late, Saad Eddin - to the astonishment of everyone in the room - demanded to know why he had been kept waiting.

But it's also important to reflect on why her success has been constantly reduced to astonishment of how she had managed to cross the gender barrier and what role her "crush" David Beckham played in it.

And that's why Wall Street's "earnings surprises" ring as hollow as the astonishment of a fashion model who vows that she can't possibly understand why everyone thinks she is so attractive.

"But why would your girlfriends never see my movies?" he asks in genuine astonishment.

Regardless, a gawking city has greeted the new tower with a mixture of moralizing and astonishment, envy and condemnation, all sprinkled with Freudian analysis of the most basic question: Why did he do it?