From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishamazea‧maze /əˈmeɪz/ ●●○ verb [transitive] SURPRISEDto surprise someone very much SYN astonish Dave amazed his friends by suddenly getting married.it amazes somebody how/what/that It still amazes me how much she has improved. It never ceased to amaze him that women were attracted to Sam.→ See Verb table
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amaze• The mound of coins continues to grow as the little Kool Aid tycoons and garbage financiers continue to amaze and to amass.• But my children were as amazed at this strange petrel with its eerie call as I had hoped they would be.• Frye never ceased to be amazed by how little they knew, how unfamiliar they were with the basic routines of school.• Dave amazed his friends by leaving a well-paid job to travel around the world.• It amazes me that no-one has thought of the idea sooner.• Never before had she wielded words of such force; she spoke to hurt, but was amazed when she succeeded.• Some kids will amaze you with what they can do.It never ceased to amaze• It never ceased to amaze her how much smaller everything seemed to her now adult eyes.• It never ceased to amaze him that women seemed to like Sam.• It never ceased to amaze me how he could do it.• It never ceased to amaze me to watch soldiers head right for these places.Origin amaze Old English amasian, from an unrecorded masian “to confuse” 