Sentence examples for astounded for from inspiring English sources

She led him to a nearby museum, where she showed him a seventh-century BCE mortuary stele known as the Stele of Ankh-ef-en-Khonsu (Crowley later termed it the "Stele of Revealing"); Crowley was astounded, for the exhibit's number was 666, the number of the beast in Christian belief.

As Liverpool close in on the Premier League title, Luis Suarez continues to amaze and astound for both the right and wrong reasons this season.

The economy of means and the boldness in the use of color is astounding for its time — if it really dates from about 1890 as stated in the catalog.

But the 4 million pixels the S400 swallows up are astounding for a camera this cute.

Those numbers are astounding for a 26-person, user generated content company built largely on frivolity.

Its exceptional array of cars, setups and graphics were astounding for the time, but everything was running at a phenomenal 10fps, a fact I've never even thought to check until writing this.

Its exceptional array of cars, setups, and graphics were astounding for the time, but everything was running at a phenomenal 10fps, a fact I've never even thought to check until writing this.

For example, more than 4.89 million children in Afghanistan are going to school and 48,000 women, even in remote villages, attend 1,782 literacy centres – astounding for a country where just few years ago, education was banned and any progress for youth seemed unattainable.

Haji-Ioannou was astounded when applications for the award – established to promote common business endeavours – were four times higher than in previous years.

I was astounded at this, for autistic people, it is said, have no pretend-play, and here Temple had, very coolly, and without the slightest hesitation, determined on a subterfuge and was all set to smuggle me into the plant.

He added, "Fifteen for eighty, fifteen for eighty!," astounded at the fact that fifteen men could sprint and tackle full out for eighty minutes.