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- verb Present participle of
marvel .
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Examples
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"And so you're the chap," Messner said in marvelling accents.
A DAY'S LODGING 2010
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"And so you're the chap," Messner said in marvelling accents.
A Day's Lodging 1907
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The prefixing of all events, and "marvelling" at anything, are out of the question.
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace
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There was every kind of marvelling, beatifical, astonished, profound, gay, austere, amidst unconscious smiles and languid postures of the head.
His Masterpiece ��mile Zola 1871
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I'm kind of marvelling that I've made it this far.
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I'm kind of marvelling that I've made it this far.
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I'm kind of marvelling that I've made it this far.
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The most diverting part of the SPOTY was marvelling at the knot on Beckham's white silk tie (uncoordinated and messy, perhaps it was intended as a sort of visual metaphor for Man United - though surely Victoria couldn't have had a hand in it?) while the very worst thing about this (and every other)
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I watched them on film showing in the basement of the Festival Hall, in documentaries that spoke of "the craftsmanship and quality that go to make the fame of British goods" and showed visitors marvelling at Heath-Robinson mechanisms that moved and tipped all day long through the clever use of water.
My memories of the Festival of Britain? 'Oh, not another queue' | Ian Jack 2011
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Martin grinned and accepted the invitation, marvelling the while at his complacence.
Chapter 43 2010
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