ASTONISHMENT

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astonishment substantiv

uimire, mirare, surprindere;

struck with astonishment cuprins de mirare; mut de uimire.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Mr. Tilney!” she exclaimed in a voice of more than common astonishment.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

“Certainly, if you wish it, Mr. Holmes,” said the girl in astonishment.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was still in the astonishment and confusion excited by her friend's penetration, unable to imagine how any report of Captain Wentworth could have reached her.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Fanny, in great astonishment and confusion, would have returned the present instantly.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

I expressed as much of my astonishment as was then capable of expression, and asked if he could guess what it was that she had taken so much amiss, so suddenly.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Her astonishment, however, was extreme, and continually was she repeating, Why is he so altered?

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

My astonishment was increased when the incident occurred again, exactly as before, on the following Saturday and Monday.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Why did he do that, sir?” I asked, in astonishment.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her astonishment and confusion were very great on his so sudden appearance.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Both Miss Stoner and I gazed at him in astonishment.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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