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thunderstruck

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verb

past tense of thunderstrike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderstruck
Verb
  • For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Social Media Reaction Oliver has been amazed by the online response since sharing her version of the makeup trend.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Debris from the explosion streaked through the sky, leaving people on the ground amazed and confused.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Many fans online seemed shocked and bewildered by her post asking for another natural disaster.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Bryan Kirkwood, a security guard hired to protect homes from looters, was shocked to see the home torn apart.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The findings left scientists astonished.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • In 2014, for instance, one researcher was astonished to watch a single sea otter devour roughly 30 European green crabs in an hour, per the Washington Post.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • And no one is at all surprised that Naomi Girma, who is set to move to Chelsea from the San Diego Wave, will have the status of football’s most expensive female footballer.
    Michael Cox, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Many attendees are pleasantly surprised when the device detects those telltale markers, and word travels fast, Srinivasan said: At the 2023 HLTH conference in Las Vegas, appointments sold out within the first hour.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The parents at this kind of show, of course, are less dumbstruck than the kids: The card is not floating but instead swinging on some string.
    Joseph Vukov, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
  • Maher, as Earle-Sears outlined the sins of story hour, was equally dumbstruck.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 27 June 2021
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