AGHAST in a Sentence
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23 example sentences for AGHAST, such as:
1. Everyone was aghast at the verdict.
2. She looked almost aghast under the new idea she was receiving.
3. Caderousse and his wife started and looked aghast at each other.
4. Scarlett was aghast at such words coming from Melly of all people.
5. Princess Mary was first surprised and then aghast at this question.
2. She looked almost aghast under the new idea she was receiving.
3. Caderousse and his wife started and looked aghast at each other.
4. Scarlett was aghast at such words coming from Melly of all people.
5. Princess Mary was first surprised and then aghast at this question.
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Meanings and Examples of AGHAST
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aghast
a. struck with fear, dread, or consternation
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 Scarlett was aghast at such words coming from Melly of all people.
2 He sank back against the seat aghast, indignation struggling with bewilderment.
3 "Quick, Bildad," said Peleg, his partner, who, aghast at the close vicinity of the flying harpoon, had retreated towards the cabin gangway.
4 For the moment all the aghast mate's thoughts seemed theirs; they raised a half mutinous cry.
5 The Hurons stood aghast at this sudden visitation of death on one of their band.
6 The youth, aghast and filled with wonder at the tall soldier, began quaveringly to question him.
7 Sambo stood, with his heavy mouth wide open, and aghast with wonder; and Cassy, who was preparing to leave the apartment, stopped, and looked at him in perfect amazement.
8 Henry Jekyll stood at times aghast before the acts of Edward Hyde; but the situation was apart from ordinary laws, and insidiously relaxed the grasp of conscience.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
9 She looked almost aghast under the new idea she was receiving.
10 And while the revellers stood aghast at the fury of the man, one more wicked or, it may be, more drunken than the rest, cried out that they should put the hounds upon her.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
11 For a minute perhaps I stared aghast at this blackness that was creeping over the day, and then I realized that an eclipse was beginning.
12 Caderousse remained for a moment aghast under the weight of such an idea.
13 Caderousse and his wife started and looked aghast at each other.
14 Princess Mary was first surprised and then aghast at this question.
15 He was aghast at his hesitation and, trying to arouse his former devotional feeling, prostrated himself before the Gates of the Temple.
Example Sentence:
1 Everyone was aghast at the verdict.
2 Some of the Republican policies have left feminists dismayed and aghast.
3 The film grabs you by the throat so that any feeling of being aghast is contained – and you hold on to that feeling up to the very last scene.