Subject

• number: Coach Bernard Laporte revealed he was astounded by the number of congratulatory messages he had received from fans.

Object

• discovery: Who or what is helping us to make the astounding discoveries which are changing our view of the universe?

• beauty: Again I was struck by the region's astounding natural beauty.

• success: Warp's astounding success can be attributed to the way they conduct business.

• array: E very week in the UK, thousands of people are buying an astounding array of goods at unbelievable prices!

• audience: Thumb tips can be used to astound even the most hardened audience.

Modifying Another Word

• visually: Enter a visually astounding world with more than 5 hours of beautiful cinematics.

Used with why or when

• when: Walking toward him, they offered a greeting and were astounded when the figure ' slowly faded away ' .

Infinitive complement

• discover: When I eventually met him in real life, I was astounded to discover that he was quite eloquent.

• hear: We were astounded to hear from our young, trendy ( sad about his fake leather jacket!

• see: Alan was astounded to see such a slow uptake among innovators.

• learn: He was then astounded to learn that the composer was in fact a seaside theater organist by the name of Percy Whitlock.

• find: However, the couple are astounded to find out that both of their babies are healthy.

• read: And I was astounded to read the other week that they had won a place through the back door and into the Premiership.

Modifying Another Word

• frankly: And I'm frankly astounded by how many people on here are younger than me!

• absolutely: I am absolutely astounded to see the Argentine duo land at Upton Park.

• utterly: I backed it off and settled down to my usual cruising speed of 65 but was utterly astounded with such an amazing transformation.

• quite: I was quite astounded at just how computer literate they were.