What is "astonishments"

Usage examples of "astonishments".

In this soil there flowered a strength which lapsed sometimes, but never seriously, and which gained leisure, more and more often, to answer the astonishments of Lymond's attack.

Not the least of my astonishments was that we drew so little attention: horns would blow and insults be shouted if we strayed off the shoulder onto the pavement or trespassed inadvertently against the right-of-way.

As always, the astonishments sprang from the details, the infinite versatility of protein and inventiveness of nature.

They had already encountered more astonishments than they could sort out.

Waking up in bed beside the warm presence of another woman was an experience of such dislocating astonishments much solitude was required, silent tracts of it, to properly locate and sort her feelings, examine them for clues: what was the meaning of this confounding joy?

Even now, much though she loved the fetors and astonishments of the coast, she still felt the odd pang of missing something.