sheer amazement

Frequency: 7.814.5 per million words

Used to emphasize that the feeling of amazement is total and unmixed.

amazementADJECTIVE + NOUN

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sheer

Examples (10)

  • I stared at the Grand Canyon in sheer amazement.
  • The child watched the magician's trick with an expression of sheer amazement.
  • To our sheer amazement, the tiny boat survived the storm.
  • She was filled with sheer amazement at the skill of the acrobats.
  • He recounted his journey, and we listened in sheer amazement.
  • It was with sheer amazement that I discovered he had composed the entire symphony at age twelve.
  • The audience gasped in sheer amazement when the illusion was revealed.
  • His face was a picture of sheer amazement upon seeing his surprise party.
  • Witnessing the birth of the stars through the telescope left me in a state of sheer amazement.
  • You will feel a sense of sheer amazement the first time you see the ancient pyramids.