aghast
Example Sentences
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But now, at Timberline, they looked at the mountain, at the rocks and snow and trees they had been used to seeing for decades, and they were aghast.
From Literature
Looking back on Musk's cost-cutting efforts, Wiles said that she was against the gutting of the US Agency for International Development, or USAID, saying she was "initially aghast" at the idea.
From BBC
That omission has made her a villain to those aghast as he slashes through funding for vaccines and cancer treatments—including his own cousin, Tatiana Schlossberg, now suffering through terminal cancer.
Ms. Ypi, aghast at the “caricature” of her grandmother that was “emerging here,” resolved to get to the truth about Leman.
Robin is aghast when she learns he’s booked a hotel room on Canal Street for $80 a night.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
