aback

Example Sentences

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Taken aback at my sharp tone, Mr. Lew tucked his chin.

From Literature

“I know that,” Theo says through the door, and I think I hear him stammer a little, taken aback by my fury.

From Literature

Jim Clark, her eldest son, said he was "totally taken aback" to hear about North Orchard Street.

From BBC

Ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said he was “very taken aback” by the rules being “not enforced and certainly just broken immediately.”

From Salon

When county clerk Brianna Lennon got an email in November saying a newly expanded federal system had flagged 74 people on the county’s voter roll as potential noncitizens, she was taken aback.

From Salon