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thunderstruck

[ UK /θˈʌndəstɹˌʌk/ ]
[ US /ˈθəndɝˌstɹək/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
    the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless
    was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
    a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident

How To Use thunderstruck In A Sentence

  • Karen was totally thunderstruck at her husband's attitude.
  • I confess I was moved to pity him when I spoke it, for he turned pale as death, and stood mute as one thunderstruck, and once or twice I thought he would have fainted; in short, it put him in a fit something like an apoplex; he trembled, a sweat or dew ran off his face, and yet he was cold as a clod, so that I was forced to run and fetch something for him to keep life in him. Moll Flanders
  • Far too often of late, thunderstruck Democrats have obligingly laid down to be rolled over.
  • She thunderstruck the audience with her grounded, undulating attack and startling series of parallel, tilted cabrioles.
  • The owner, standing a few metres away, was looking utterly thunderstruck and was had dropped her keys and bag in shock.
  • Thunderstruck at this voice, I turned to see the leathered and wearied face of my high school friend, Doug.
  • Ruth was thunderstruck when he presented her with an engagement ring.
  • So, today, I had a thunderstruck few minutes when I entered the bookshop, comprehending just how much chaff has been created by Dan Brown's bloody book.
  • Contrary to popular myth Darwin was not thunderstruck by the theory of evolution during his voyage on the Beagle.
  • But the Corinthian women's thunderstruck responses to their sister's havoc is an element integral to the play, a brake which slows and accentuates the impending tragedy.
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