aback
Example Sentences
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The lead sponsor of both bills, former state Sen. Connie Leyva, said she was taken aback by school districts using confidentiality provisions.
From Los Angeles Times
Reyes, the former Jefferies analyst, said he was taken aback by how much debt Gary had accumulated.
Despite the rain, the King seemed determined to go outside, where crowds appeared taken aback to see this unexpected visitor and held up their phones in the drizzle.
From BBC
The hearing was told this was while the class were discussing mental health and life expectancy, with one pupil "taken aback" as she was "going through struggles" at the time.
From BBC
Where they once undoubtedly took onlookers aback, they now draw them affectionately in.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
