Sentence examples for cause of astonishment from inspiring English sources

In the course of a long evening, billions of viewers were induced not so much to revise their opinion of China as to realize that its formidable manpower could be harnessed to the cause of astonishment.

A father who was a doctor and a mother who was a chic housewife could suddenly be a cause of astonishment, delight or chilly disbelief, as in this exchange from my elementary school years: The parent of a friend: "And what does your father do?" Me: "He's a pediatrician".

Mr. Rachko, officials say, has implicated two other detectives and a retired lieutenant, causing a new round of astonishment among department veterans.

I am still astonished by the absence of astonishment that a cause celebre, which made the British legal system a laughing stock, was the result in part of a police dirty trick.

The purchase – for a sum of $1, plus the assumption of $47m worth of debt – caused much astonishment and was against the advice of almost everyone he consulted.

The Valley of Astonishment (2013).

Seekers of astonishment should look elsewhere.

Glances of astonishment passed between them.

It is like an expression of astonishment.

It was a shared look of astonishment.

This show is, after all, full of astonishment and by definition unmissable.