floored
Example Sentences
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Wardley floored his fellow Briton early with a flush right hand and dropped him again in the third, before Dubois regrouped and responded with wave after wave of heavy shots.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Having said all that, many of us were instantly floored by Ronald Moore’s reinterpretation of ABC’s 1978 prime-time space saga, and still point to it as one of TV’s strongest political and social parables.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
After his mother died in 2019, Obrist was floored to discover he had unknowingly influenced her to create art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
It sprinted off a double bottom near the $50 mark in April 2025, the level where it had floored out in March 2020, near the Covid-era lows.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Ifemelu, floored by Aunty Uju’s words, could only say, “Oh, okay,” and nothing else.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
