gobsmacked in English

adjective
1
utterly astonished; astounded.
There are still some things in life which leave me utterly gobsmacked .

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1. I was slightly flummoxed. Well, totally gobsmacked.

2. I was, to coin a phrase, gobsmacked!

3. He was gobsmacked when he heard of the redundancies.

4. I was gobsmacked when she told me the news.

5. Don't be gobsmacked if genetic testing figures into employment sooner or later.

6. I really enjoyed meeting the locals, especially the children- they were gobsmacked when they met me.

7. Hearne, the girl's mother, said, "When I looked at the clock I was gobsmacked. It is certainly a date to remember."

8. She was gobsmacked to find that the man in black coat was her classmate of primary school.

9. Spouse was gobsmacked. After tea and lots of talking, I rang my Mum, singing the praises of epidurals.

10. Chris Patten, former governor of Hong Kong says the Chinese are "gobsmacked", having long written off Americans as racist.

11. I was really gobsmacked when I saw your picture of a model wearing a hat with a toy airplane on it.

12. Wandering round the school, I was absolutely gobsmacked at the care that had been taken to get all the props and period details right.

13. John: Or maybe if Brad Pitt walked in the room now and asked you on a date – I think you would be pretty gobsmacked.

14. This is to appeal to the 'inspiring' qualities of the work, and argue that it will leave schoolchildren gobsmacked and infused with a passion for science.

15. John: Well if you hear some very surprising news – for example...if you found out your best friend dating your brother and they never told you – you might be gobsmacked.

16. The Choir of Man is the runaway hit of the international music and theater scene from the creative minds of Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay – the team behind Gobsmacked!, The Magnets and the Soweto Gospel Choir