thunderstruck

Example Sentences

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The subcommittee Republicans profess to be thunderstruck that a theory about COVID’s origin could be posed and discarded in the space of a few days, but Andersen and Garry tried to explain that they’re wrong.

From Los Angeles Times

Diamond recalled she was “thunderstruck” years ago upon seeing Krymov’s wordless take on “Don Quixote,” with the whimsically phonetic title “Sir Vantes. Donkey Hot.”

From New York Times

“I was thunderstruck!” she said in the oral history.

From Washington Post

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

From BBC

The large, raucous crowd that had been following DeChambeau seemed thunderstruck.

From New York Times