Example Sentences

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I’m back from a quick trip to Slovenia with my daughter and am mentally still in that fairytale Alps land of castles and gobsmacking lake views.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

While they are struggling to fully explain 2023's "gobsmacking" surge in temperatures, here are four additional reasons that could be behind the increases.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2023

And that was a gobsmacking moment for me, because it’s like: What are you talking about?

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2023