Sentence examples of "astonishing" in English
The size of the elephant astonished the little boy.
Die Größe des Elefanten erstaunte den kleinen Jungen.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mache immer das Richtige. Das wird einige erfreuen und den Rest erstaunen lassen.
I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane.
Ich bin mehr als einmal trunken gewesen, meine Leidenschaften waren nie weit vom Wahnsinn, und beides reut mich nicht: denn ich habe in meinem Maße begreifen lernen, wie man alle außerordentlichen Menschen, die etwas Großes, etwas Unmöglichscheinendes wirkten, von jeher für Trunkene und Wahnsinnige ausschreien musste.
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