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How to use amaze in a sentence

20 example sentences · verb, noun

Amaze means to fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. Example: “He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.”

Examples of amaze by meaning

verbTo fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.

  • He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.
  • Rachel was amazed.1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XVI, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC, page 263

nounAmazement, astonishment; (countable) an instance of this.

  • While the world did gaze, in deep amaze, at those fearless men but few.c. 1919, “The Foggy Dew” (track 3), in The Long Black Veil, performed by The Chieftains and Sinéad O'Connor, published 1995
  • She took the proffered cheque and stared at it with puzzled amaze, dazed by her own behaviour.1985, Lawrence Durrell, “Quinx”, in The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian, Quinx, London: Faber and Faber, published...

More sentences with amaze

  • It amazes me that people still believe this nonsense.From the entry that
  • That people still believe this nonsense amazes me.From the entry that
  • It amazes him still, this effortless journey powered by the fall of water.2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry penstock
  • Claudee Cremer, you amaze me with your absolutely persnicketily perfect work.2012, Debra Greenway, Pre-Cut Combo Quilts: 14 Quilts That Blend Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes .... From the entry persnicketily
  • What amazes others is that he always travels alone and that's just the way he likes it.2004, Beijing Review, volume 47, numbers 32–52, page 32. From the entry travelholic
  • In discussing the “lot lizards” who hang out in car lots Lisa comments: This will amaze you.1994, Steven Michael Ortiz, When Happiness Ends and Coping Begins, page 238. From the entry lot lizard
  • "Barbara, what I have to confess will amaze and grieve you," began Lucinda, with grave tenderness.1940, Zane Grey, chapter 12, in 30,000 on the Hoof, Roslyn, N.Y.: Walter J. Black, →OCLC, page 193. From the entry take
  • McBean and superintendents Hare and Nicolson amaze the 16-year-old, who has little experience with the wealthy privileged class.2010, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Peter Carey: A Literary Companion, page 233. From the entry squatter
  • Everything that amazes has its method, until we notice that the amazing is not amazing, has no method.2003 June 23, Thomas Bernhard, Three Novellas, University of Chicago Press, page 31. From the entry amazing
  • I amaze myself at my wafflyness (is that a word?).1998 June 13, Duane Pettet, “NZ vs Sri Lanka (result)”, in rec.sport.cricket (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Nov 2024. From the entry wafflyness
  • Many of the mevrouwen were buxom souls whose lightness of foot in dancing never ceased to amaze me.1969, Elliott R[aymond] Thorpe, East Wind, Rain: The Intimate Account of an Intelligence Officer in the Pacific, 1939-49, Boston, Mass.…. From the entry mevrouw
  • Rainville continually amazes students with feats of mental gymnastics.1942, The Michigan Technic, Volume 61, University of Michigan, College of Engineering, page 24. From the entry supertremendous
  • They're harder than they look, and the way that editors and producers create narratives from hundreds of hours of footage still amazes me.2020 May 6, Tim Dunn, “The Architecture The Railways Built”, in Rail, page 76. From the entry voiceover
  • It amazes him how indiscreet drug dealers can be—with the bulges in their socks and their melodramatic handovers—despite the presence of security guards.2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security…. From the entry indiscreet
  • It never ceases to amaze me how many times people get in trouble by failing to first ruff out their sure losers.2016, Ken Casey, “Introduction: Focus Your Attention on Ruffing Losers”, in Playing Beginning Bridge, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN. From the entry ruff
  • The Weenie Roasters were a fun class of drag racer and it never fails to amaze me at what innovations people will make to accomplish their dream.2013 May 24, Steve Reyes, Drag Race Central. From the entry weenie roaster

Meaning of amaze

  1. verb To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
  2. verb To stun or stupefy (someone).
  3. verb To bewilder or perplex (someone or oneself).

Full definition of amaze

Questions about amaze in a sentence

How do you use amaze in a sentence?
Amaze is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.”
What is a short sentence with amaze?
“Rachel was amazed.”
What does amaze mean?
Amaze means to fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.

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