gobsmacking
- a word derived from gobsmacked.
Example Sentences
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The best thing about the journey—even better than the gobsmacking views through Colorado—was spending time with fellow passengers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
It's not always an absolutely gobsmacking profusion of uncontrollably bizarre life, as occurred with what's aptly called the Cambrian Explosion, a period about 540 million years ago when evolution got extremely creative.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025
But yeah, it was gobsmacking that people went out in those numbers to see it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023
And that was a gobsmacking moment for me, because it’s like: What are you talking about?
From Slate • Nov. 3, 2023
"It's sort of gobsmacking that you still remember the show," he told the jury.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023
