Less infatuated critics marveled at Gippius's laconic brilliance of self-expression and her unusual flair for elegant perfectionism, bringing each finely chiseled gem of a line to an aphoristic level.

Although not everyone loved it, a critic of The New York Times marveled that "anything so difficult as flags could be manipulated with such skill and produce such a really beautiful picture."

One critic marveled after the premiere that the play was "at one and the same time like water vapor and like red-hot iron."

Other critics marveled at the graphic clarity of her style and the way she used a song for an instrument of playing with audiences.

However, many critics marveled at her new skill at low comedy; Life magazine called her "the surprise of the picture".

He had been in the job for sixteen years, and even his critics still marvelled, grudgingly, at the skill with which he had achieved it.

Many critics marvel at Oates' prolific output: "It's a wonder she hasn't run out of that all-too-scarce literary fuel, imagination.

The first night some critics marveled that the orchestra played only one encore.

Over the years, observers and critics marveled at the family's ability to endure the vagaries of the restaurant industry and downturns in the economy, all the while maintaining loyal client bases.

European critics marveled at the resulting ability to travel for hours at 200 km/h (120 mph) in comfort and with impressive fuel economy on the large 90 l (20 US gal, 17 Imp.