noun
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rapt surprise; awe
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puzzled interest
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something that excites wonder
Etymology
Origin of wonderment
Example Sentences
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A little farther along, just as Rowdy and I rounded a bend in the road, I stopped and stared in wonderment at the sight directly ahead.
From Literature
But all this is sort of just a general sense of wonderment that I remember in my grandmother’s eyes when she would look at new things.
From Los Angeles Times
He walked into the Baltimore contest amid a lot of wonderment if he’d at last reached the end of a winding 4 MVP, one Super Bowl ring, Hall of Fame career.
He called the proposal a “modest change” and expressed wonderment that it faced opposition, including among Republican Senators.
From Los Angeles Times
The ovation had the character not of high-pitched cheering but of an involuntary low-pitched invocation of wonderment, even disbelief.
From Los Angeles Times
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