floored
Example Sentences
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Having said all that, many of us were instantly floored by Ronald Moore’s reinterpretation of ABC’s 1978 prime-time space saga, and still point to it as one of TV’s strongest political and social parables.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
“We were all floored that it did not get approved the first time, that we felt we needed to do everything humanly possible to try to get this approved for our patients.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
On June 11, he wrote: “Every time I read about the battering ram incident I’m just floored at how wild that is.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
It sprinted off a double bottom near the $50 mark in April 2025, the level where it had floored out in March 2020, near the Covid-era lows.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
“Oh, let ’em eat,” said Rosaleen, which floored me, since she’d been known to smack my hand sideways for pinching a single crumb off her fritters before dinner.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
