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adjective

aghast

CEFR C2

struck with fear, dread, or consternation

In a sentence

Six example sentences with aghast, each labelled with its topic.

  • The chef stood aghast at the empty walk-in, realizing the delivery had never arrived and service began in an hour.

    Cooking

  • Test audiences left aghast at the ending, and the studio quietly reshot it before the wide release.

    Movies

  • Preservationists were aghast when the drawings showed a glass tower rising directly through the old market hall's roof.

    Architecture

  • The bench sat aghast as their center fouled out with nine minutes left and the lead already gone.

    Basketball

  • Purists were aghast when the festival booked a DJ to remix the symphony, though the crowd loved every minute.

    Music

  • Shareholders were aghast to learn the loss was three times the figure printed in the annual report.

    Finance

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