AMAZE in a Sentence

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268 example sentences for AMAZE, such as:

1. Her husband's cruelty amazed and confounded her.
2. To everyone's amazement, the goal was disallowed.
3. Mrs. Micawber was amazed, but very glad to see me.
4. Merlin the Magician amazed the knights with his wizardry.
5. The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.

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 Meanings and Examples of AMAZE
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amaze
 v.  astonish; surprise greatly; affect with wonder
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And then you will see her ears, and then you will see her tail and it will amaze you.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
2  I am a new comer among you, but I will confess that you amaze me.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON
3  But then as they withdrew, he, wondering at the haughty command, stands in amaze at Turnus, his eyes scanning the vast frame, and his fierce glance perusing him from afar.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
4  Latinus himself stands in amaze at the mighty men, born in distant quarters of the world, met and making decision with the sword.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TWELFTH
5  And then it came into my head that I would amaze our friends behind by lighting it.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  I am amaze, and not at ease then; but she is so bright and tender and thoughtful for me that I forget all fear.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  You amaze me, gentlemen,' commented Madame Odintsov, 'but we will have more talk together.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  The Turk, amazed and delighted, endeavoured to kindle the zeal of his deliverer by promises of reward and wealth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
9  It amazed him--he had never been in such a beautiful house before.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  All people, in a word, would come stumbling over their thresholds, and turning up their amazed and horror-stricken visages around the scaffold.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
11  Windy donkey as he was, it really amazed me that he could have the face to talk thus to mine.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVIII
12  So he told it, and Herbert was as much moved as amazed, and the dear fellow and I were not the worse friends for the long concealment.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVIII
13  Mrs. Micawber was amazed, but very glad to see me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
14  There was a passionate dejection in his manner that quite amazed me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
15  I repeated the words, more to myself than her, being so amazed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29. I VISIT STEERFORTH AT HIS HOME, AGAIN
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
16  They were amazed and alarmed, to see us make, what they called thunder and lightning.
17  Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
18  Her husband's cruelty amazed and confounded her.
19  Watching the two-year-old boy voluntarily put away his toys, I was amazed by his proclivity for neatness.
20  The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.
21  Foreigners are amazed by the affluence and luxury of the American way of life.
22  The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.
23  She was amazed at the number of astral bodies the new telescope revealed.
24  Merlin the Magician amazed the knights with his wizardry.
25  My amazement reached its climax when Miss Temple asked the finial question.
26  But my amazement reached its climax when Miss Temple asked Helen if she sometimes snatched a moment to recall the Latin her father had taught her.
27  My daughter and I looked at each other in amazement, and with beaming smiles threw our arms around each other.
28  To everyone's amazement, the goal was disallowed.
29  We all watched in amazement as he juggled with three flaming torches.
30  It was an amazing film - I was absolutely riveted.