floored

past tense of floor
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Recent Examples of floored Viewers on YouTube were floored by the dad's reaction and praised his transformation. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Albeit short, seeing Optimus pull off a basic ballet step floored me. Joe Salas august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025 Seeley was floored by what felt like a 180-degree turn from their cordial real-life dynamic. Caroline Framke, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025 Once Berthia arrived and finally met the man who had saved his life, he was floored. Johnny Dodd, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025 From our first encounter with his original music and socials, we were absolutely floored by Kris’s gifts – his musicianship, his voice, his magnetism. Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025 The daters Julie Nguyen works with are more likely to be floored by the laziness, spelling errors, and sheer audacity of the people on the other end. Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Aug. 2025 Stepping inside the Nashville store, I was floored by the instant hit of nostalgia. Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for floored
Verb
  • The audience was shocked – which is just what Gaga envisioned.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Two months ago, Justin Bieber shocked the world with his excellent Swag, his first album in four years.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 90-yard dash along the right sideline one play after Ruvalcaba’s interception amazed his teammates.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Having an almost 80-year-old actor at the heart of the film and in almost every scene could be a huge undertaking, but Touzani says Maura’s vitality amazed her.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Report downed power lines to the police.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Defending forces downed or suppressed 430 drones and 21 missiles, the air force said.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many companies and industries are clearly overwhelmed by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence—with a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology paper suggesting that 95% of generative AI pilot programs had failed among the dozens of companies the researchers surveyed.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In my debut novel, Little Movements, the protagonist, Layla, is overwhelmed by these truths when she’s selected to be the choreographer-in-residence at a prestigious arts institution in rural Vermont.
    Lauren Morrow September 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Leo’s appalled; Geno looks forward to eating.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Trump’s victories against the bureaucracy have appalled many Democrats, though none have much of a theory on how to put Humpty Dumpty back together.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lead prosecutor Georgia Cappleman told reporters after the trial ended Thursday night that she was surprised by the decision but understood it.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But in an Economist profile on the Arizona expansion, TSMC CFO Wendell Huang said he was surprised by America’s onerous and lengthy permitting process compared to that of Taiwan.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That dropped to just two teens in that age group in 2024.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And so this was a gift that dropped into my lap.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, fans and even former houseguests, many devastated, took to social media to voice their anger with the show.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lebanon was devastated by a year-long conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, triggered by the militia’s backing of Hamas after the Palestinian militants attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Floored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floored. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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