aback

How To Use aback In A Sentence

• He seemed a little taken aback, sat and listened with fur bristling, one hand stroking the back of the other.
• This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
• She looked taken aback for a second; the change of subject had been abrupt.
• Options B and D are not correct as the word 'aback' means to get startled by something and does not means the same as the word 'back' which is used in the answer choices B and D. LearnHub Activities
• The little girl screamed and it took us aback.
• William was taken aback by the girl's forwardness.
• I was rather taken aback, because it raised some tricky theological and metaphysical questions. Times, Sunday Times
• Economists were taken aback by the pace of the slowdown and were split about whether prices would slow further this year. Times, Sunday Times
• Saying that Joan was taken aback is to put it mildly. She was completely flabbergasted.
• Many stewards were taken aback at the prospect of such a drawn-out dispute and the union appears less bombastic this time around. Times, Sunday Times