be taken aback
Example Sentences
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Geirean and Landen didn’t have time to be taken aback.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023
It would be easy to be taken aback.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023
Reiko Uchida, 43, a housewife from Saitama, a suburb outside Tokyo, said that normally, she would be taken aback if someone told her they were gay or lesbian.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023
If you've taken in those wonders, you may not be taken aback by some of Rajamouli's narrative structural choices in this one.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2022
I pretend to be taken aback and hold up my hands in mock defeat.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
