6 sentences with 'astonishing'
Example sentences and phrases with the word astonishing and other words derived from it.
• « Dangerous, extraordinary, astonishing and incredible. This is how the British captain James King defined the sport he observed the natives practising when he landed on the island of Hawaii. That was the discovery of surfing, which took place in March 1779. »
• « Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 - 1446): Brunelleschi was an astonishing artistic and engineering genius. »
• « Louis XIV ruled from 1643 to 1715 (including the years when he ruled under a regent), which means he was king for an astonishing 54 years; consider the fact that the average life expectancy of those who survived childhood was only about 40 years at that time. »
• « There is an astonishing diversity here: a starfish the size of a hand, hairy mussels, bearded arks and the delicate scaly ribs of a scallop. »
• « There are indications that citrus fruits contain an astonishing reservoir of health-promoting substances. »
• « In those days in 1938, the Science News Letter told its readers about this astonishing event and, overcome by the content of the news, could hardly advise them to be cautious in the wilderness. »