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Definition of Astonishes
1. astonish [v] - See also: astonish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astonishes
Literary usage of Astonishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"Astonishes THE NATIVES. More passengers got in; more yet, and still more.
Both seats were filled, and a file of men were standing up, holding on to the ..."
2. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"With all these pious painters who worked as good Christians, what astonishes most
is the incomparable LA VIERGE A LA ..."
3. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"... ROUSES INTO ACTION, AND RATHER Astonishes HIM. THE month's trial over, Oliver
was formally apprenticed. Ft was a nice sickly season just at this time. ..."
4. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"... their life and manners — Our ass astonishes the natives — Bloodless wars —
Nicknames—A tribe with beards but no wives — The confluence of the ..."
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