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amaze - use in sentences
Object
- crowd: The Pitts Special and Sukhoi 26 from the Road Angel Team will amaze the crowds.
- audience: When you book Marc you are getting a performer of the highest quality who is guaranteed to amaze any audience.
- everyone: Ferguson amazes everyone in the stadium by doing something that nobody in British football expected.
Preposition: at
- generosity: I never cease to be amazed at the generosity of our fundraisers.
- sight: They will also doubtless recall being amazed at the first sight of his unique, immaculate handwriting.
- amount: I've been amazed at the amount of lovely messages I've received over the months from everyone at Jo's.
- speed: We were amazed at the speed of her recovery once she had been carried down the hill.
- difference: I was amazed at the huge difference in their stock to applicants ratio.
Infinitive complement
- discover: The couple said they were amazed to discover such a big operation would bother with a small shop 80 miles away.
- hear: Making our way back to the car, we were amazed to hear a continuous noise which sounded like rain.
- find: We were amazed to find such a variety of bird species.
- see: The children are amazed to see the water turning into wine.
- realize: As yet I was too amazed to realize how all my expectations had been upset.
Modifying Another Word
- constantly: I am constantly amazed at the new things I've learned during my year in London.
- frankly: I wasn't a fan of that film at all, and was frankly amazed at the success it enjoyed.
- absolutely: I am absolutely amazed by the transformation of myself.
- utterly: Mrs Goode commented, ' I've only ever won a bottle of wine in a raffle so I'm utterly amazed!
- continually: We are continually amazed just how much can be raised from left over holiday money.
- totally: Believe me, once you see a shark just off the coast in Britain you will be totally amazed.
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