What is "marveling"

Usage examples of "marveling".

He studied the elf woman for a moment, marveling that she, too, had long known and kept Arilyn's secret.

Tzigone glanced up, marveling anew that something so beautiful could be made from the sort of scraps that a butcher might toss to stray dogs.

Perhaps then he would not be standing here staring at the dead man, marveling at the cold hollow place the unknown man's sudden absence left within his own heart.

So she began to walk through the alien landscape, marveling at the twin sensations of heaviness of movement and weightlessness of body, amazed that the water flowed through her as easily as if it were air.

Liriel stooped and picked it up, marveling at how light the little thing was.

Stripping off his coat, he spread it on the sand and then, his hands shaking with urgency, he began to undress her, marveling anew at the perfection of her body, at the silken touch of her skin beneath his fingertips.

His hands roamed over her body, marveling at the fullness of her breasts, the swell of her belly.

He watched her walk toward the village, her steps uneven, wondering how he had known her name, marveling at the power of his mind over hers.

He watched the children, marveling at their innocence and their insatiable curiosity, at the way they embraced life without fear.

She was still marveling at that when he turned the conversation to her job.

He put his hand over one breast, marveling at the silky warmth of her and the contrast of his tanned, callused hand against the alabaster globe, then he lifted it and bent down to take the nipple in his mouth.

Perhaps, by the time she returned, he would have tired of paperwork and she wouldn't have to endure another evening of exquisite torture, sitting at his elbow, listening to his deep voice, marveling at the speed with which he assimilated information-in short, reveling in his presence while at the same time wondering if he thought she was sitting too close, or making too much of every opportunity to bend over him.

She watched Marc drive, marveling at how physically fascinating she found him.

After our first hour afloat in the magic boat, I ceased to devote much energy to marveling at the miraculous way in which our rude prison cell had been dissolved, our torments relieved, our bodies transported safely, our captors utterly confounded.

I re­mained in my saddle a moment longer, marveling at how drasti­cally the place had really changed since we had left it only a few days ago.