thunderstruck

Example Sentences

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The cuts were to go into effect three days later, leaving grant recipients thunderstruck.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

More than 90 million Americans watched, thunderstruck, as TV helicopters provided live shots of the action.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

But he was "thunderstruck" when he heard the library faced closure.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2021

As Burke reports: “Georgia was thunderstruck when he showed her his new prints. A charged look passed between them.”

From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2019

There’s no e in lightning, the kind that leaves us thunderstruck.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner