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
  • 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
  • His words rolled across the bottom of the screen in Arabic while men in djellabas, flabbergasted by the spectacle, sat transfixed beside their hookahs.
    — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Here are all the major moments leading up to June’s flabbergasting choice.
    — Rena Gross, Billboard, 11 July 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 stadium negotiator was flabbergasted that the A’s had dodged both requests.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Despite Cook’s assertions that the headset will be a game changer, the product was met with a mixed reception, with many impressed by its capabilities but flabbergasted by the hefty price tag.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • 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, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2018
  • 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

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