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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of marvel.

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Examples

  • The Caliph again marvelled at her words so eloquently spoken by one so young; and the doctor pursued, “O damsel, with what do we know Almighty Allah?”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The Chamberlain marvelled at this; and when the troops saw him, there detached itself from amongst them a plump of five hundred cavaliers, who fell upon him and his suite and surrounded them, five for one; whereupon said he to them, “What is the matter and what are these troops, that ye do this with us?”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • But presently there came forth from the jar a smoke which spired heavenwards into aether (whereat he again marvelled with mighty marvel), and which trailed along earth’s surface till presently, having reached its full height, the thick vapour condensed, and became an Ifrit, huge of bulk, whose crest touched the clouds while his feet were on the ground.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • "Who touched me?" and calling the woman out from the crowd to acknowledge her blessing (Mark v. 30-34); when the centurion urged Jesus to heal his boy without taking the trouble to come to his house, Jesus "marvelled" at his faith (Matt.viii. 10); when he came to Bethany, assured of his

    The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees

  • Bengel beautifully remarks, Jesus "marvelled" only at two things -- faith and unbelief (see Lu 7: 9).

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • There is another limitation of Christ's nature, He wondered as at an astonishing and unexpected thing, We read that He 'marvelled' twice: once at great faith, once at great unbelief.

    Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • She went over to the Netherlands and "marvelled" at how people there are "able to live with so much less stuff than we do here in the US."

    Latest Articles 2010

  • She went over to the Netherlands and "marvelled" at how people there are "able to live with so much less stuff than we do here in the US."

    Latest Articles A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative 2010

  • Gone are the days when foreign journalists marvelled at the cafe bars that were gently misted in various spots in upscale Khartoum and Omdurman.

    Sudan's self-inflicted economic distress | Eric Reeves 2011

  • England's victory over Australia in the Ashes series in 2005 especially enthralled him, and we marvelled at Welsh fast bowler Simon Jones's then novel 'reverse swing' technique.

    Peter Hain: 'Gordon Brown was decent, but dysfunctional' 2012

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