How to Use aback in a Sentence

aback

adverb

• That said, the World of Dance judge was still taken aback by the news about Tom and Erin.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2020
• Gavin’s side are taken aback by how close-knit and frank the Welsh are.
  — The Economist, 26 Dec. 2019
• Fans seemed taken aback that your team wasn’t able to make more of it.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022
• McGee, though, was taken aback by Miller’s view of her speech.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2022
• Howard went on to say he was taken aback when Gard grabbed his arm.
  — NBC News, 21 Feb. 2022
• Taken aback, Kate exited the chat and threw her hat in the ring for a job back in L.A.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2022
• In scrambling to find a rental car, she was taken aback by the prices and lack of options.
  — Nora Naughton, WSJ, 24 Dec. 2021
• Sale was a bit taken aback—he’d never put a date on it.
  — Steven Levy, Wired, 5 Jan. 2021
• You could be taken aback by what is going on around you.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018
• The victims were taken aback and frightened by how big and fat the monkeys were.
  — Yuri Kageyama, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
• And when Ian says that Jamie wants a surprise made for his wife, Murtagh is taken aback.
  — Outlander Fan, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2018
• Like many people who met her for the first time, Beam was taken aback by her deep voice.
  — John Carreyrou, WIRED, 21 May 2018
• Yet even a number of Trump allies were taken aback by the RNC's move.
  — Manu Raju, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022
• When told that he has been described as a con man, Smith seemed taken aback.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 20 Sep. 2020
• Schuler, who had only packed enough gear for a few days, was taken aback.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2022
• Schwartz was taken aback by the number of people who turned out.
  — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2021
• And Wall Street leaders have been taken aback by the harsh rhetoric of the current moment.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Jan. 2021
• Some parents said they were taken aback by the closure of schools.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2020
• Didn’t see any malice at the time, and was more taken aback than anything else.
  — NBC news, 30 Apr. 2021
• Workers were taken aback by the decision to close the plant.
  — NBC News, 23 May 2018
• Sarah laughed, and the whole room was taken aback, researchers recalled.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 6 Oct. 2021
• Carly, taken aback by this abrupt end, pressed him on why.
  — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
• Turley was taken aback by the fireworks in the hearing room.
  — Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2020
• Insiders were taken aback by the blunt way that the shake-up was handled.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
• But even he was taken aback by how quickly the response came.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2020
• But somehow he wasn’t taken aback by the quality of it at all.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2023
• The teacher was taken aback but quickly matched Jim’s tone.
  — Tom Scharpling, Vulture, 12 July 2021
• When a staff member floated the idea of a memoir in 2017, Tubbs, who was mayor at the time, was taken aback.
  — Dorany Pineda Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2021
• Bernard must have been taken aback by this letter from an unknown nun.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• The woman who opened the door was smiling, and blond, which took Deanna aback—the adoption paperwork had said that her hair was dark, like Deanna’s.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024