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Definition of Astounds
1. astound [v] - See also: astound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astounds
Literary usage of Astounds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Around the world in eighty days, tr. by G.M. Towle by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG astounds PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT. HAVING won twenty
guineas at whist, and taken leave of his friends, Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"These horrible suggestions are made with a composure and good faith which astounds
the reader. It is evident that Chesterfield meant no particular harm, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"What astounds one most in the writings of this exegete of the old school is his
vast knowledge not merely of Latin, but of Greek and Hebrew. ..."
4. Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia: With by Hormuzd Rassam (1869)
"... astounds the Natives — Visit to the ex-Nayib Idris — Decay of prejudice —
Residence at ... astounds ..."
5. The Wandering Jew (and Jewess)by R D Manning by R D Manning (2003)
"DAGOBERT (amazed) What you tell me, General, astounds me. Yet, as you tell me
so, 1 must believe you. SIMON (V O.) It had become intolerable. ..."
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