something that causes feelings of wonder
"the wonders of modern science"
be amazed at
"We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"
express astonishment or surprise about something
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marvel
So much to win, so much to lose.
No marvel that I fear to choose. [ Miss Landon ]
Marvel is the daughter of Ignorance, [ Booke of Merry Riddles, 1629 ]
The exhaustion of taste, genius, and splendor upon its fables and ceremonies, even to our times, constitute the ancient paganism a marvel of all that was attractive and magnificent. [ R. W. Hamilton ]
It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work. [ Theodore Parker ]
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