Sentence examples for initial astonishment from inspiring English sources

After her initial astonishment, Sue began to investigate her own stereo vision: I went to the library and struggled through the scientific papers.

Skelly remembers his initial astonishment as audiences started singing their songs back at them and music magazines put them on their covers.

But it was true that my initial astonishment at the presence of Manhattan, my growing familiarity with the island, was maturing into a sense of possessiveness.

For some school and college friends, initial astonishment was tempered by memories of Markoff's fondness for gambling, at which he might lose substantial sums and then stay up late into the night trying to win the money back.

Once the initial astonishment wore off, fans and colleagues largely forgave Sheldon for what her friend Le Guin described as "so immense, so funny, so effective and fantastic and ETHICAL a put-on".

Seriously, it is not as though we non-Zulus are privy to some innate telephone knowledge and, nonetheless, we seem to overcome any initial astonishment just fine.

The story went through the five cycles of internet rage: initial amusement; astonishment; outrage; backlash to the outrage; humiliated apology.

Jack spends the initial stages of his quest listening with slack-jawed astonishment to the obsessive, self-centered monologues of the eccentric adults he encounters, giving Mr. Maquiling the opportunity to create some memorably bizarre character sketches.

As news of Dr. Hamer's candidacy, which was not publicly announced, seeped out of 110 Livingston Street yesterday, the initial reaction from Board of Education members and officials at City Hall was astonishment and even a hint of panic.

At a dinner in London in December, after Mr. Slim bought his initial Times Company stock, a group of British newspaper editors expressed astonishment at the large size of the Times newsroom, which has roughly 1,300 employees.

This included expressions of gratitude and sometimes astonishment at how well breastfeeding could eventually work out after the initial struggle.