Astounding Sentence Examples

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  • Next came an astounding transformation.

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  • This work contains an astounding collection of facts invaluable to the scientific biographer and historian.

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  • Most of his astounding miracles are of the ordinary type.

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  • His activity at that time was no less astounding than it was in Egypt, in Italy, in Austria, and in Prussia.

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  • Or astounding technological breakthroughs that have no precedent in reality.

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  • His astounding energy and resource curbed all his enemies during his lifetime, but they were content to wait patiently for his death, well aware that the collapse of his empire would immediately follow.

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  • Discoveries followed upon it with astounding rapidity and in bewildering variety.

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  • This astounding success elicited an outburst of popular enthusiasm which gave the war a national and religious character.

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  • In having Cavour as his chief adviser Victor Emmanuel was most fortunate, and but for that statesman's astounding diplomatic genius the liberation of Italy would have been impossible.

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  • From 1783 to 1787, this man organized his astounding system of falsification all along the line.

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  • His moral character was undoubtedly weak in other ways than this, but it is fair to remember that but for his astounding Confessions the more disgusting parts of it would not have been known, and that these Confessions were written, if not under hallucination, at any rate in circumstances entitling the self-condemned criminal to the benefit of considerable doubt.

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  • Apart from the gain in tragic force resulting from Wagner's masterly development of the character of Brangaene, the raw material of the story was already suggestive of that astounding combination of the contrasted themes of love and death, the musical execution of which involves a harmonic range almost as far beyond that of its own day as the ordinary harmonic range of the 19th century is beyond that of the 16th.

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  • Since the supply of free oxygen is dependent on the activity of green plants the process is indirectly dependent on energy derived from the sun, but it is none the less an astounding one and outside the limits of our previous generalizations.

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  • But Richardwho showed astounding nerve and presence of mind for a lad of fourteencantered up to them shouting that he would be their chief and captain.

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  • No sooner is the object of alarm scented or seen than each one seeks safety in the most inaccessible situations, which are often reached by a series of astounding leaps over crevasses, up the faces of seemingly perpendicular rocks, or down the sides of equally precipitous chasms. The chamois will not hesitate, it is said, thus to leap down 20 or even 30 ft., and this it effects with apparent ease by throwing itself forward diagonally and striking its feet several times in its descent against the face of the rock.

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  • Michaelis says, it renders the race type with astounding keenness, and shows an excellent power of observation in the exact representation of the eyes.

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  • The most astounding instance of his success is that in 1210 he found leisure for a hasty expedition.

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  • Some of the imagery taken from Iraq is truly astounding.

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  • In many African countries this has now skyrocketed to 7 per cent, and in some cases to an astounding 11 per cent 5.

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  • Then after passing zenith, they made an astounding maneuver.

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  • Tso never challenges the text of the master as being incorrect, yet he does not warp or modify his own narratives to make them square with it; and the astounding fact is, that when we compare the events with the summary of them, we must pronounce the latter misleading in the extreme.

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  • There is an astounding variety of travel mirrors available.

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  • By now, you are probably beginning to see why Maui Jim has such a loyal customer base; the attention to detail that the company provides its products is astounding.

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  • The physics of the game are astounding and the blocks fall just like a real meteor shower.

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  • The tremendous body, astounding winy acidity and blackcurrant flavor and aroma make Estate Kenya one of the finest coffees in the world.

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  • The list of categories seems astounding, but you'll notice you can send ecards on topics like anniversary and birthday, but also special celebrity cards that feature popular TV, movie and music stars.

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  • The amount of butter we used at the school was astounding.

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  • Even more astounding is the fact that the turn of the century tidal wave of new technology made it possible for scrappers to reap the benefits of free materials.

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  • At the end of his high school years, the profilic running back had amassed an astounding 106 touchdowns and 8,804 yards.

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  • His deal with Major League Soccer Team L.A. Galaxy for an astounding $250 million five-year contract shows that his superstar image is worth the price tag.

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  • The results of Celebrity Fit Club 4 were astounding.

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  • Beyonce and Jay-Z pulled in an astounding $122 million last year.

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  • He did, and he eventually had a very successful career that began late in his life.As for Hurt's guitar playing, it is nothing short of astounding.

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  • The difference it makes is astounding - and quite noticeable.

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  • Each year, an astounding 205,860 preschool and elementary children receive emergency department care for injuries sustained from, or on, playground equipment.

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  • From specialized pillows to sleep masks to nature sound machines to candles and to products like Unisom and Tylenol PM, the number of "help you get a better night's sleep" products on the market is astounding.

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  • Carrying their RPG format to SNES and then eventually abandoning Nintendo's N64 and creating Final Fantasy 7, a new generation of gamers was faced with the top selling game for the PlayStation One and the results were astounding.

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  • It's an absolutely astounding game that's as open-ended as it is beautiful.

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  • These astounding figures are not only representative of the video game industry's profitability as an aggregate, but also on an individual basis.

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  • When you look at companies like Nintendo that have been a part of the revolution since nearly the beginning, the figures truly are astounding.

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  • The assortment of real life vehicles is absolutely astounding, from the legendary Subaru WRX STi to lesser known cars like the Lotus Elise.

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  • It's absolutely astounding to think that only 20 years ago, we were amazed by the colors in Tetris or the sharp animations of popular Nintendo Entertainment System titles like the original Super Mario Bros.

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  • The number of wineries flying under the radar in Paso Robles is astounding, plan on at least two days crawling through the backroads between Paso and the coast.

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  • What's truly astounding about the American Idol judge (she joined the show at the beginning of season eight in January 2009) is her song writing ability.

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  • Fay Cullen - Well known and extremely reputable, Fay Cullen offers an astounding variety of vintage rings at extremely reasonable prices.

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  • The mine produced an astounding two million carats of diamonds annually during operation.

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  • It has a six inch handle, a seventeen inch extended handle, an extra wide opening for easy packing and an astounding nine'' pockets!

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  • Also note that according to your Cancer characteristics horoscope, Mars is currently in your sign, and will remain there for an astounding six months!

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  • And now an astounding and still inexplicable thing happened.

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  • Rapid settlement, excessive prices, reckless waste of money, and wild commercial ventures that glutted San Francisco with all objects usable and unusable made the following years astounding from an economic point of view; but not less bizarre was the social development, nor less extraordinary the problems of state-building in a society " morally and socially tried as no other American community ever has been tried " (Royce).

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  • Luckily the two Redwoods planted in Grosvenor Park will not attain such astounding dimensions, but may nevertheless develop into very large specimens.

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  • He's a sexy man with a sharp mind and an often critical tongue, and he has an eye for detail that is astounding.

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  • It's worth noting that cinema has made astounding progress over the years.

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  • As it stands, the reviews for BCBG shoes are astounding in all fields, on most shoes!

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  • This Colt Automatic Chronometer watch from Breitling is an astounding timepiece.

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  • Wrapped in 18K white gold case and perched to a pair of blue Alligator strap, this Cartier Tank American men's watch is simply astounding.

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  • This astounding timepiece is sure to add to your personality.

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  • Perhaps exactly knowing the astounding amount of calories and fat in fast food (and yes the numbers are astounding!) will deter us from eating fast food quite so frequently.

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  • The sheer range and variety of portable MP3 players is astounding.

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  • This story, published in 1941 in Astounding Stories, deals with a far away civilization that periodically collapses, like clockwork, every two thousand years.

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  • Chefs delight guests by performing a variety of astounding acts, including the ever popular flaming onion volcano.

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  • That he displayed considerable classical knowledge, was a good linguist, a ready and versatile writer of verse, and above all that he possessed an astounding memory, seems certain, not only from the evidence of men of his own time, but from the fact that even Joseph Scaliger (Prima Scaligerana, p. 58, 1669) speaks of his attainments with the highest praise.

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  • The advance in craftsmanship and command over the materiel of verse shown since the volume of 1830 is absolutely astounding.

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  • But, if he have patience, he will see it mount aloft and there execute a series of aerial evolutions of an astounding kind.

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  • It will perch on the topmost bough of a tree, if a tree be near, to watch his proceedings, and the cock exhibits all the astounding gesticulations in which the males of so many other Limicolae indulge during the breeding-season - with certain variations, however, that are peculiarly its own.

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  • The disastrous Balkan campaign of 1828 was an even more astounding revelation of corruption, disorganization and folly in high places; and the presence of the emperor did nothing to mitigate the attendant evils.

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  • The very brevity of the New Testament narratives is astounding.

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  • Instead, this Liverpool group were acclaimed as wildly eclectic, their 2004 debut album selling an astounding 600,000 copies.

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  • But it is the diverse amounts of little known facts, astounding truths and pop trivia that makes the board game so stunning.

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  • It was terribly depressing but the warmth and hospitality with which we were greeted was astounding and put the warmongers to shame.

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  • Perhaps the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man.

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  • Using a very small amount of the actual cosmetics, the airbrush makeup kit goes a long way and the results are astounding.

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  • She modeled for the Book of Lingerie, from 1997 to 1999, an astounding six times.

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  • There have been several homes shown on the reality show, and the amount of work put into them to make a complete transformation can be astounding.

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  • Boyd, who just happened to have an astounding talent for operatic singing, took the prize in season three.

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  • The other two were F & SF (Fantasy & Science Fiction) and Astounding Science Fiction which went through a number of name changes before it became Analog Science Fiction and Fact.

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  • Its results indeed were not only astounding at the time, but were such as to lead up to a new cycle of wars.

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  • Some idea of the enormous damage wrought by the collective attacks of individually small and weak animals may be gathered from the fact that a conservative estimate places the loss due to insect attacks on cotton in the United States at the astounding figure of $60,000,000 (£12,000,000) annually.

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  • In his absence he left Lucrezia as regent, offering the astounding spectacle of a pope's natural daughter in charge of the Holy See.

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  • Gregory of Nyssa's untrustworthy panegyric represents him as having wrought miracles of a very startling description; but nothing related by him comes near the astounding narratives given in the Martyrologies, or even in the Breviarium Romanum, in connexion with his name.

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  • Proceeding to the earlier history of Poland, Lelewel's Poland in the Middle Ages (4 vols., Posen, 1846-1851) is still a standard work, though the greatest authority on Polish antiquities is now Tadeusz Wojciechowski, who unites astounding learning with a perfect style.

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  • Some years previously he had expressed his conviction that "one of the chief needs of the age was to make inroad after the alien, to bring in the votaries of fashion, of literature, of sentiment, of policy and of rank, who are content in their several idolatries to do without piety to God and love to Him whom He hath sent"; and, with an abruptness which must have produced on him at first an effect almost astounding, he now had the satisfaction of beholding these various votaries thronging to hear from his lips the words of wisdom which would deliver them from their several idolatries and remodel their lives according to the fashion of apostolic times.

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  • Forced to earn a living by writing, he developed an astounding literary activity.

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  • From this, the vivisectors made the astounding discovery that the rabbits ' motion decreased the further the limb was stretched.

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  • This book enables the complete beginner to master and perform exactly the same astounding feats as Derren Brown himself.

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  • There is at least one biological speculation of astounding audacity, that could be examined in nothing less than a treatise.

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  • When it comes to the top 5 games for Wii Virtual Console, the variety is truly astounding.

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  • He published an astounding pedigree, in which, starting from " Hercules Triptolemus," he wound his way through the royal Servian line to the kinship of Moldavian voivodes, and, having won the emperor Ferdinand to his financial and military support, succeeded, though at the head of only 1600 cavalry, in routing by a bold dash the vastly superior forces of the voivode, and even in purchasing the Turkish confirmation of his usurped title.

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  • It would have been a bold, not to say a reckless, dreamer who dared predict that any future researches could restore to us the lost knowledge that had been forgotten for more than two millenniums. Yet the Victorian era was scarcely ushered in before the work of rehabilitation began, which was to lead to the most astounding discoveries and to an altogether unprecedented extension of historical knowledge.

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