Sentence examples for rather astonishing from inspiring English sources

I find it all rather astonishing.

Something else rather astonishing happened on the tour.

These royals are played by Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, two rather astonishing specimens of human beauty.

Mr Juppé describes as "rather astonishing" last month's comments by Robert Gates, the former American defence secretary, criticising Europe's paltry defence efforts.

RICHARD BRODY: Second, it's a year of radical cinema: it's actually rather astonishing that such movies as "Shutter Island" and "Somewhere" should be anywhere near the mainstream.

That quest is an illustration of the rather astonishing fact that we can't even really tell if drug prices are too high.

Visually, Hitman is OK, rather than astonishing (although it's noticeably more impressive on the PC than the consoles).

Both the original comic and 2010 film "Kick-Ass" reveled in provocations best exemplified not by the bland title character — a teenage boy masquerading as a costumed crime fighter — but rather the astonishing creation of the foul-mouthed pre-adolescent dervish of pain and punishment known as Hit-Girl.

Rather, the astonishing quality of this book lies in her striking reminder that we have an innate responsibility to ourselves - and to our loved ones -- to carve out precious spaces of time in order to create memories, however ephemeral, and to tend to our most valuable relationships that are ironically so easy to take for granted.

Speaking on Saturday, Varoufakis said: "The two campaigns are infantilising voters in a rather cynical and astonishing fashion.

Rather, they are about astonishing upsets, crushing disappointments and rising drama.