How to use "astonished" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "astonished" in popular movie and book plots

  • They explain to the astonished Alliance men that David was a new "type 3" screamer impersonating a human.  - Screamers (1995 film)
  • He finally finds the Dark being and is astonished when he discovers it is young Egor.  - Night Watch (Lukyanenko novel)
  • The three astonished women faint dead away onto the floor.  - How to Marry a Millionaire
  • On his arrival in Milan, Renzo is astonished at the state of the city.  - The Betrothed (Manzoni novel)
  • Taak, looking forward to a life of quiet scholarship, is astonished to be drafted into one of the Mercatoria's religio-military orders.  - The Algebraist
  • ' I was astonished at myself.  - The Edible Woman
  • The villagers, especially the women, astonished at her courage, begin to talk to "Signora Scordia" with respect.  - Malèna
  • At school, Matilda befriends her kindergarten teacher, Jennifer Honey, who is astonished by Matilda's intellectual abilities.  - Matilda (novel)
  • Kal-El, who is now three years old, is found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who are astonished when he is able to lift their truck.  - Superman (1978 film)
  • The cook is astonished to see the little man emerge from the fish.  - Tom Thumb
  • Arriving at Hy-Brasil, Erik and crew are astonished to find it a sunlit land whose people are friendly (if musically untalented).  - Erik the Viking
  • Judy wants to quit almost immediately, and is astonished to learn that she cannot, contrary to the assertions of her recruiting sergeant.  - Private Benjamin (1980 film)
  • The following morning, she is astonished when Dagmar walks in with an apparently cured cat.  - I Remember Mama (film)
  • However, both Ribaldi and Hans are astonished at her choice.  - Rigoletto (film)
  • As Arabella playfully pleads with the new governor to spare her Uncle's life, Peter Blood reveals his face to the astonished Colonel.  - Captain Blood (1935 film)
  • The Sardaukar and Harkonnen forces are trapped on the planet, astonished at the sandworm mounts and vast numbers of their attackers.  - Vladimir Harkonnen

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