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flabbergasting

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adjective

flabbergasting

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verb (2)

present participle of flabbergast

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of flabbergast
Verb
For Perry, these operations felt like the final step to closing out a weight loss journey that flabbergasted millions online. Angela Yang, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025 Gates, who once held Musk’s current position as the world’s wealthiest person, seems to find this hard-right turn flabbergasting. Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025 Dozens of producer friends wrote to one another, flabbergasted that such a thing could happen. Cathy Schulman, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025 As the rational and oft-flabbergasted physician who narrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, Watson is the looking glass into Holmes’s intellectual superpowers. Rory Doherty, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flabbergast
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flabbergast
Adjective
  • The results aren’t necessarily surprising, experts said, and aren’t a cause for concern among GLP-1 users.
    Simon Spichak, Health, 18 June 2025
  • Even new head coach Emma Hayes’ surprising decision to leave Alex Morgan off the 2024 Olympic roster was largely covered as a pure soccer decision (and rightly so).
    Meg Linehan, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Reed runs the floor, zips around as a screener and is disruptive on defense (4.3 steals per 100 from a center is amazing).
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • And one last thing, there are amazing men who helped me become less machista.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • What’s new and startling is the revelation that the Bar gave her a free pass by rejecting two previous complaints.
    The Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025
  • At a news conference Thursday, Mayor Karen Bass made a startling claim.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • But then what looked like a tap-in par on the long par-three eighth turned into a shocking miss.
    Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
  • The team grapples with a leadership shakeup and a shocking ultimatum.
    Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
Adjective
  • This stunning three-bedroom apartment was recently fully renovated, but mercifully, the original wall frescoes and vaulted ceilings were preserved.
    Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2025
  • The performance stretches out for a stunning 14 minutes.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Furthermore, the fact the band hasn’t down-tuned or adjusted any of their songs for vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who still effortlessly sings each and every one of Iron Maiden’s songs is absolutely astonishing.
    Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • But an investigation resulted in an astonishing call from the other side of the world, which revealed that ‘The GPO Girl’ was, in fact, a 25-year-old Australian, who has created more than 100 false identities.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 June 2025

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