Converse of object

• express: Her every feature expressed astonishment, for she had drawn from the pyramid the word which was the key to her manuscript.

• cause: The new King's coarse and often vulgar sense of humor caused much astonishment at the refined English court.

• create: All the tricks have been especially devised to be original Mind-Blowing effects, creating maximum astonishment.

• become: How is Babylon become an astonishment among y e nations!

• excite: There was a tide so strongly in his favor as to excite the astonishment of all observers.

• imagine: Can you imagine the astonishment when the messenger returned alone?

Preposition: at

• sight: Astonishment at the unexpected sight of you might cause him to throw up his hands?

Adjective modifier

• utter: However, to my utter astonishment, I am also asked to comment on the Holocaust!

• great: Jim tells Meg that he has resigned, to her great astonishment.

• complete: I certainly experienced no fear, only complete astonishment ' .

• general: What the Judges did, however, and to general astonishment, was to decide the case on their own motion.

• much: The new King's coarse and often vulgar sense of humor caused much astonishment at the refined English court.

• total: To the total astonishment of the Belgians, Lumumba takes the floor in an unscheduled address that shatters the paternalistic charade in progress.

Possessives

• everyone: To everyone's astonishment, Snow White opened her eyes.

Preposition: among

• nation: How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Preposition: of

• everybody: To the astonishment of everybody including her solicitor, the CPS have today added a further charge of section 5 - racial hatred.

• people: However, eventually after about the space of one hour, to the astonishment of many people, the Sun regained its usual brilliance.

• passerby: To the astonishment of passersby, I crawled across the lawns, sniffing them.

• doctor: To the astonishment of the doctors and nurses, he returned to life.

• everyone: When she visited him and prayed for him, he was completely healed, to the astonishment of everyone involved.