[
UK
/θˈʌndəstɹˌʌk/
]
[ US /ˈθəndɝˌstɹək/ ]
[ US /ˈθəndɝˌstɹək/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless
was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident
How To Use thunderstruck In A Sentence
- Hallward was thunderstruck. He looked at Dorian Gray in absolute amazement.
- After 14 years of regular travel to Brazil, Andrew Odell was thunderstruck by what he found there on a trip last month.
- Prim, proper and oh so reserved, Broadbent's Gilbert is prickly to be sure but he well conveys the thunderstruck quality of when inspiration hits.
- We were all thunderstruck by that brazen manipulation of the truth.
- So, today, I had a thunderstruck few minutes when I entered the bookshop, comprehending just how much chaff has been created by Dan Brown's bloody book.
- This time it was Mick and Alan's turn to be thunderstruck.
- His name is Will, a chef who has abandoned the restaurant for the building trade, and Liza is still a little thunderstruck at such evidence of happiness.
- I sat there for a few seconds, staring thunderstruck at the blotchy, indistinguishable patches on my page that had once represented words, and very important ones at that.
- If I had been speechless before, I was totally thunderstruck now.
- Little Leo was truly thunderstruck by this Olympian reprimand. LAST SHOT
