“There were reports he had gone inside, and to the astonishment of hospital staff, armed police soon followed in hot pursuit.”

“Lunchtime shoppers gazed in astonishment as police launched a full-scale raid on a suspected drug pusher operating from York city centre.”

“The voice in my head is wobbly and hesitant but it seems to echo slightly as I freeze in utter astonishment.”

“That act, like those moments from Garbo, Gish, and Brooks, suggests a vein of contrariness and complication, the astonishments of art.”

“Del Toro builds dread with masterly restraint, and brings to his compositions some eerie and original astonishments.”

“The astonishments of Cern are easy enough to discuss in engineering terms.”