How to Use astound in a Sentence

astound

verb
  • The magician will astound you with his latest tricks.
  • What astounds me is that they never apologized.
  • My cowardice did, and didn’t, astound me.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Trout does not astound solely for his power, or for his speed, or for his eye at the plate.
    — Houston Mitchell, latimes.com, 9 July 2019
  • The logical jump at the heart of his case is an astounding one.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 5 Oct. 2017
  • This is a 221-piece puzzle that may astound both kids and adults.
    — Tony Vaz, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
  • But their ability to adapt to changes in the landscape may astound you.
    — Sarah Jay, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Throughout it all, Kudrow astounds.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The fact that Dobnak is thinking about any of this is still astounding to him.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Go ahead and astound someone with your random act of kindness today.
    — Womensmedia, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2021
  • As a backdrop to this rich history, the landscape astounds at every turn.
    — Smithsonian, 18 Sep. 2017
  • That seemed to astound Breyer, who noted that the war in Afghanistan had ended.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 July 2022
  • Yet, Kendall warns that regardless of rising rates, bond yields likely will not astound.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The latter astounded the Osbournes with her knowledge of true crime.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The Rays—who now lead the Cubs 3–1 in the fourth inning—simply astound me.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 4 July 2017
  • If those numbers astound you, so will the Nevera’s performance stats.
    — cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • How the David Johnson contract was included in the deal just astounds me.
    — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 4 Apr. 2020
  • The volume of responses astounded me, more than 100 in two days.
    — Steven Petrow, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2018
  • There is much about the memorial and museum that astounds and horrifies.
    — Linda Matchan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2018
  • As someone who views the world through a public health lens, the magnitude of collective grief astounded me.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The fact that some member states believe that condemning Hamas does not even deserve a vote is astounding.
    — Ben Evansky, Fox News, 13 June 2018
  • Their questions often elicited blank looks from the witnesses, and the queries astounded some observers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Be ready to be astounded by the greater potency of this top-shelf cannabis, which results in a euphoric high that is perfectly legal.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The digital currency markets are in the midst of repeating last week’s astounding bull run, but this time there’s a twist.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Safe to say the fans who saw her at Summerfest Saturday were also astounded by her.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2019
  • The vision that Mitch Jenkins brings to the film will astound audiences and the superb ensemble cast will delight genre fans!
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Dev’s capacity for overestimating the appeal of his ideas and projects continues to astound me.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
  • And with the astounding Marshall up there on the ramparts, the playwright has a hero one can confidently describe as honest-to-God.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
  • In the main, spiky ideas—as well as people—slide backwards and forwards between Georgia and the world with an ease that would astound a Soviet time-traveller.
    — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
  • One of the biggest green flags about this lip gloss is that it's not filled with chunks of glitter and opts for a glaze-like finish that even glazed donut skin queen Hailey Bieber would be astounded by.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 28 Dec. 2023

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