How to Use flabbergast in a Sentence

flabbergast

verb

• It flabbergasts me to see how many people still support them.
• In fact, I’m flabbergasted by that in today’s day and age.
  — Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 5 Feb. 2017
• Reached this week, Barwig said she was flabbergasted that Obrecht's name was on it.
  — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2018
• As an alumnus of a fellow AAC school, I was flabbergasted at that text.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 21 July 2019
• That translates to a 58-win pace, which would be a flabbergasting total.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• And fans are both flabbergasted and saddened that their beloved sport is now the site of national scandal.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 28 Mar. 2018
• Others were flabbergasted that anyone without kids would even want to brave the theme park crowds.
  — Hannah Sampson, The Denver Post, 28 July 2019
• One of the things that always flabbergasts me is that issues like equal pay get framed as a women's issues, in that only women care about it.
  — Meena Harris, Glamour, 22 Aug. 2019
• Here are all the major moments leading up to June’s flabbergasting choice.
  — Rena Gross, Billboard, 11 July 2018
• The level of interest in this wedding, and in Kate and Wills' nuptials back in 2011, genuinely flabbergasts me.
  — refinery29.com, 18 May 2018
• This is yet another boon to people who are still flabbergasted about Trump winning and want something to blame.
  — Luke Darby, GQ, 20 Mar. 2018
• The wife is flabbergasted at Emily’s lack of concern at her rapist keeling over dead, which goes to show how unnatural Gilead is.
  — Rena Gross, Billboard, 20 June 2018
• In the left-wing Italian city of Pistoia, some were flabbergasted this summer when an anti-migrant, right-wing mayor was elected.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2017
• My wife and I were flabbergasted by their chutzpah, as well as the chutzpah of the banquet manager, who never asked our permission when inviting these strangers in.
  — Leonard Schwarz, The Mercury News, 18 May 2017
• As a result, many, many people were seen seeming flabbergasted by Deepika’s tweet.
  — Karthik Srinivasan, Quartz India, 18 Oct. 2019
• The richness of the red lets the woman hold her own visually with not just the canyon’s delicate pastels but even its flabbergasting geology.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
• The decision to go to Geno Smith flabbergasted New Yorkers, who were accustomed to seeing the city’s sports legends handled gently as their careers waned.
  — Cindy Boren, The Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2019
• Some people who live downstream are flabbergasted that the city would allow it after Clear Creek swallowed sections of town, with about 2,400 homes taking on damage citywide.
  — Mark Collette, Houston Chronicle, 1 June 2018
• Whether they’d been flattered into docility or were simply flabbergasted, the rest of the media went on with their own questions in what seemed to be a tacit endorsement of CNN’s exclusion.
  — Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 12 Jan. 2017
• While some expressed sheer dismay, others were flabbergasted by the prime minister’s actions.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
• Seeing Dracula flabbergasted makes for plenty of fun because Sandler has a way of making his voice sound both commanding and confused.
  — Rick Bentley, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
• The vote could not help but flabbergast a certain kind of mainstream liberal, anxious that left-wing purity might detract from unseating President Trump next year.
  — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2019
• Finally, there's the spectacular reaction from the football players, who at first pay no attention to Dunn and then are completely flabbergasted at the end.
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2017
• Some interviewed on the streets of San Antonio said they were frustrated with the finger-pointing in Washington, and flabbergasted that the stalemate was over immigration.
  — Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Jan. 2018
• Most of the senior executives in my company are flabbergasted by the negative portrayal of him.
  — Paul Bond, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2017
• We are flabbergasted at the audacity of Todd and Chase Chrisley, who are more focused on attacking my client rather than defending themselves against the allegations of criminal conduct.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Smart remote for the flabbergasted: Universal remotes are great for controlling a plethora of home-entertainment devices.
  — Tamara Chuang, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2017
• After not answering anyone's texts all summer, Serena is flabbergasted, offended even, that people have come looking for her.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2018
• In 2012 after the Newtown shooting, angry voters turned their immediate attention to Congress and were flabbergasted when Congress did nothing.
  — Will Bunch, Philly.com, 4 Mar. 2018
• Whatever happens, veteran Turkey watchers said they were flabbergasted by the coup attempt, given that Mr. Erdogan appeared to have a near-monopoly on power.
  — Eric Schmitt and Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 16 July 2016

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