be taken aback
Example Sentences
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"It would almost be arrogant not to be taken aback by how successful it turned out to be," she says.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
Geirean and Landen didn’t have time to be taken aback.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
If you've taken in those wonders, you may not be taken aback by some of Rajamouli's narrative structural choices in this one.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
“Most citizens would be taken aback by a judge, let alone a justice, voting on a case on a university on which she sat on a governing board,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
I pretend to be taken aback and hold up my hands in mock defeat.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
