Sentence examples for universal astonishment from inspiring English sources
The Legislature, herded into revolt by its leaders, sent back a budget that raised sales and income taxes, and then, to universal astonishment, overrode the governor's vetoes.
A French legislator voiced that suspicion last week when he wondered out loud, to universal astonishment, whether the existence of that murderous entity was not, ultimately, a "stabilizing element" in the region.
To general astonishment, he was supported by Mr Ecevit.
Where once he believed he was seeding the ground for a movement that would triumph well after his own career is over, to his own astonishment, policies he has espoused to almost universal ridicule for decades might just be about to go into law.
But, from the minute we first entered the rehearsal room, astonishment at the ingenuity of the set-dressers was universal.
On Tuesday morning, the astonishment that greeted the release of David Bowie's first single in a decade seemed almost universal.
Milosevic feigned astonishment: "Me?
Astonishment dried her tears.
The boy registered astonishment.
He turned around in astonishment.
