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UK
/θˈʌndəstɹˌʌk/
]
[ US /ˈθəndɝˌstɹək/ ]
[ US /ˈθəndɝˌstɹək/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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.