How to Use aghast in a Sentence

aghast

adjective

• The news left her aghast.
• Critics were aghast to see how awful the play was.
• Of course, there were the aghast social media comments, those are to be expected, but the moment also inspired a reasonable question: How much is too much to spend on jeans?
  — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024
• Now those fans are aghast at the thought of a rematch in the BCS title game.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 8 June 2012
• Knicks fans were aghast, though their anger abated the more Porzingis sat.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2022
• The Civil War veterans in the stands were aghast and that was a tough bunch.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• The 38-year-old was aghast and worried for his wife and six-year-old daughter.
  — Saritha Rai, Bloomberg.com, 10 Dec. 2017
• So much news today seems to stand aghast at how hard things are.
  — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2017
• Miller is also aghast at the sight of Hardy making tea in a microwave.
  — Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 23 June 2017
• When a food rep attempted to upgrade the bar’s ketchup to a trendy new brand, Jones was aghast.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2023
• Everyone who had spent the past five years working on the old plan was aghast.
  — Keith Gessen, Curbed, 10 May 2021
• The French press was aghast, but a pattern had been established.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2020
• His aghast tone nearly likened this event to a city being flattened by a comet.
  — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• By the time the credits roll, audiences will no doubt be aghast at just how far the Avengers have fallen.
  — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, 24 Apr. 2018
• So the revelations about the match in South Africa have left Australia aghast.
  — Tim Wigmore, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2018
• Back in Boston, he was met by his father, aghast at the sight of his son, then 39, with his hair and beard long and unkempt.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2019
• Above all, for Greene and the others aghast at what had happened, the greatest horror was that the murder wasn’t the act of a random mob.
  — Colin Dickey, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2023
• Fraser is aghast — aghast — at the sight of Cat bussing the table by stacking plates on top of one another.
  — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024
• Cooper is aghast to learn that Dembe didn't know about Red's fax-farm, but the agent points out that Red only told him so much over the years.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 30 June 2023
• On the town hall Zoom before word of the decision leaked, some nominees were aghast.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Feb. 2022
• Shiv is aghast and, before stomping off, calls Tom an empty suit.
  — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
• For his part, Dr. Spratling remains aghast at the wildfire that xylazine has become.
  — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Multiple industry sources were aghast at the treatment of the two schools.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2024
• Residents of the area were aghast upon learning of the presence of their new neighbor.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity, 16 Jan. 2018
• Think any of the people aghast at Fetterman’s shorts and hoodie emitted a peep about MTG?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
• This depiction of Douglass leaves experts in his life and times aghast.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Fairchild, a principal at New York City Ballet, was aghast.
  — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
• As the price of carbon credits tumbled, Heuberger was aghast.
  — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• The two converse in Arabic for a minute before Chammaa jumps up and puts a hand to her chest, visibly aghast.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Feminists were aghast when he was awarded an honorary Palme d’Or late in his life.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 18 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024