Literary notes about Astounding (AI summary)
In literature, "astounding" is often used to intensify both the emotional charge and the remarkable qualities of an event or character. For instance, authors employ it to signal an unexpected and almost overwhelming excellence, as when a translation is celebrated for its astounding freedom ([1]) or when a character’s voice is described as both enchanting and fearsome ([2]). It also appears in contexts that underscore miracle-like feats or dramatic reversals, such as the declaration of astounding news that shifts the tone of a narrative ([3], [4]), and even in rhetorical or critical observations that highlight absurdities or contradictions in human behavior ([5], [6]). Whether describing natural wonders, character attributes, or the very fabric of historical events, "astounding" functions as a versatile and impactful term that deepens the reader’s experience across various genres ([7], [8], [9]).
- version was made, with an astounding freedom certainly, from Friar Francesco Pipino's Latin.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano - But before telling you the story, I must not forget to say that this man had a most astounding voice when he spoke; he terrified people when he spoke!
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - the quickness and lucidity of the average young Persian brain is certainly astounding when compared to that of European brains of the same ages.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Pyotr Ilyitch was met with the astounding news that old Fyodor Pavlovitch really had been murdered that evening in his own house, murdered and robbed.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
— from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde - It is extraordinary what astounding mistakes clever women make.
— from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde - “That Tholomyès is astounding!” said the others, with veneration.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - This astounding adventure, of which the most astounding part is that it is true, comes on as an unavoidable consequence.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - Trailanga's fame is so widespread that few Hindus would deny the possibility of truth in any story of his astounding miracles.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
