(a.) Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact.
Example Sentences:
(1) Its impact has been astounding: from the highs and lows of the dotcom bubble, to the arrival of internet in the home, in offices and even on the move.
(2) English National Opera's new production next month will be the first time it has been staged in London – astounding given the popularity of Adams, and the fact that some regard it as his most impressive achievement.
(3) 60 min: Marchisio is astounded to see the ref flourish the red card ... for a studs-up challenge on Gimenez.
(4) Sampson became the discreet, muttering centre of a web, connected by telephone and letter, telegram and fax, to an astounding cast of world leaders and commentarians, film stars and novelists.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trump gleefully responds to new FBI probe into Clinton emails “I think the best people in the media have come to see that rationalising hate without considering the consequences of giving him that much attention turns out to have potentially really damaging, long-term consequences.” Anthony Weiner takes center stage in presidential race about men's sex lives Read more After this most astounding of all elections, nothing will be quite the same again, he believes.
(6) For a company to break into the global computing market to the extent of having its chip design in 95% of mobile phones is a truly astounding achievement worthy of this great heritage, and unlikely to be repeated in our nation for many years to come.
(7) US capitalism, indeed, depends on it, and some Americans have an astounding capacity for gravity-defying self-belief.
(8) With unfancied Colombia astounding almost everyone by beating France earlier in the day the stakes were upped appreciably.
(9) A second contributor has been the astounding progress in defining the MT-dynein motors of cytoplasmic motility.
(10) The comparison with Trinity Cambridge I judged less offensive to Muslims than the even more dramatic comparison with Jews (who have garnered an ASTOUNDINGLY large number of Nobel Prizes)."
(11) The astoundingly good performance in Experiment 1 for both patient groups was attributed to the low task demands of the experiment.
(12) Peter Higgs said: "I am astounded at the amazing speed with which these results have emerged.
(13) Then, in October 1998, as the newly appointed foreign minister, he astounded his acolytes by signing the Wye River agreement, facilitated in Maryland by President Bill Clinton, which granted Palestinians control over another 13% of the West Bank.
(14) He said the organoid was "audacious and the similarities with some of the features of a human brain really quite astounding".
(15) "At one level he was a master of the fantastic, creating astounding fashion shows that mixed design, technology and performance and on another he was a modern-day genius whose gothic aesthetic was adopted by women the world over.
(16) The number of herbal remedies that have been touted is astounding, and the entire science of Geophagia evolved in the hope identifying of those population-specific customs that may have had a positive effect on birth outcome as an adaptive mechanism.
(17) But contrary to all predictions, Kirchner managed to steer the country to an astounding economic recovery.
(18) The main march was to the congress in the capital city of Buenos Aires, where I and the other female organisers were astounded at the size of the crowd.
(19) It is still astounding how close to disaster high finance brought the US and global economy in 2008.
(20) It is the culmination of an astounding campaign of fear and blackmail against the democratic right of Greeks to elect a government of their choice.
Mindboggling
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) "Trying to control all the variables – the temperature, the milk, the pH, the time you cut the curds – becomes mindboggling.
(2) As he walks me through its echoing halls, councillor Archie Graham, executive member for the Commonwealth Games, reels off the "world-class" statistics of this mindboggling venue, explaining how it saves money by bringing everything together under one roof.
(3) Western media found it mindboggling that Erdoğan mentioned accidents in 19th-century England at his press conference as evidence that mining has always come with risks.
(4) Copyright infringement is a serious matter, but this is just mindboggling."
(5) But the influence of the top 0.01%'s mindboggling wealth didn't stop at finance professors.
(6) Now he is in the hospital and I have to rely on my case manager if I need to go out of the house.” Neistat said that just like the violence, the scale of medical issues was “mindboggling” and said people were routinely denied medical records or had their transfers to Australia for treatment delayed by sometimes months.