Sentence examples for general astonishment from inspiring English sources

To general astonishment Wittgenstein had agreed.

To general astonishment, he was supported by Mr Ecevit.

Instead, to general astonishment, he announced that he was giving up the party leadership.

"I don't think Ashton will become a good player at all," he replied, to general astonishment.

To general astonishment, he made no mention of the ANC's most famous figure, Nelson Mandela.

But last year, to general astonishment, it advertised for new grouse-shooting tenants.

To general gasps of astonishment, the World Bank's definition of corruption is so narrowly drawn that it excludes such practices.

There was a general air of astonishment as Vona, a 33-1 chance, finished strongly to beat Boater, the 11-8 favourine, in the Listed Marygate Fillies' Stakes, and nowhere more so than the winners' enclosure, where Richard Fahey, Vona's trainer, seemed thoroughly perplexed.

The general tenor of responses is astonishment that the UK government would so badly misjudge the seriousness with which Scots are approaching the referendum debate.

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.

Then, on the eve of the general election, and to the astonishment of many Republicans, he stood alongside Obama and praised the president's surefooted response to hurricane Sandy.