aghast

I saw her palms first. My eyes traveled up to her face, and my expression was nothing short of aghast.

As to his cousin, she wept, with all her might; aghast at the mischief she had done: though she said nothing.

The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him.

The crowd was aghast. The greatest swordsman had missed his target completely, yet he continued to smile.

His blade came down in a mighty arc - but the insect continued on its way! The crowd was aghast.

They were aghast at the prospect of Congress enshrining such a system in law, and mildly relieved that Mr Obama has reversed himself.

Phyllis Hulme's family and friends were aghast when she told them doctors planned to put maggots on her leg ulcer.

At this they were aghast. It was the cardinal tenet of their mode of reasoning to start with facts and to give names to the facts.

The three poets, with their mouths open, looked at him aghast, and there was a thirsty yet unlyrical hatred in their eyes.

"But you can't expect me to leave you here! " Teal was aghast.

Database mavens will no doubt be aghast at this apparent retrograde into mainframe history.

Younger families, struggling to get into the housing market, or younger people, aghast at the lack of proper jobs, are in a worse position.

Its citizenry has been aghast at the thought of having to help fund the financial profligacy of others.

Aghast at the notion of a solar system with dozens and dozens of planets, astronomers reclassified the whole lot as asteroids.

The other half was aghast that I'd managed to hold off for so long.

and I'd found you out, you could scarcely look more aghast.

Some publishing industry analysts are aghast at the proposal, claiming that the rate is much too steep and the terms too strict.

The big bosses at head office in Atlanta, who prefer their products to be the same everywhere, were aghast.

Many Democrats were aghast that Bill Clinton favoured such a bill.

Respectable opinion is aghast. But respectable opinion has been consistently wrong lately, and the currency issue is no exception.

Eg. The robbers stood aghast at the sudden appearance of the policemen.

I still feel slightly aghast at the idea of her leaving him there.

Yet many people, both inside and outside the ANC, are aghast at the thought that he might be president.

Foreign officials are aghast at such a scenario.

Bottom line: The Chinese may be as frustrated and aghast at the dysfunction of the Pakistani state as are the Americans.

Plenty of doveish moderates were aghast at the death toll and prepared for severe strictures from the rest of the world.

He was killed off by the Green Goblin in June in a controversial move by Marvel which left fans aghast.

Aghast, we discover how class oppression, sexism, chauvinism and the distortion of history echo through everyday conversation.

Many Keynesian economists are aghast, arguing that savage budget cuts will fell a fragile recovery and condemn the rich world to deflation.

He was aghast to discover that it was a mousetrap.

Trial lawyers are aghast, as are Democratic senators and those who distrust big business more than they distrust lawyers.

Japan looks on aghast as the chaebol catch up with more of its large firms.

King Marke is extremely aghast by their tryst behind his back and gives the order to have the two arrested.

American commentators are aghast, and have been talking and writing about the meaning of the incident ever since.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was aghast at the volume of additional air traffic Ford had in mind.

Be it Bodhisattvas or Aghast, they all fear cause and effect. If they are not careful karmic effects can be devastating.

In France, however, a nation defined in part by its language, the purists have been aghast.

To this has been added a big new worry: a resurgence of the xenophobic attacks in 2008 that left at least 62 dead and the country aghast.

"And you married a Christian minister to a heathen? " Abner asked, aghast.

Rachel was aghast when she learned that other children had no clean water, so she asked to skip having a ninth birthday party.

"Surely you know what a kiss is? " she asked, aghast.

All aghast at his words, surprised, embarrassed, bewildered.

Pulcharia was aghast Her new role as a virgin had projected women in a different way.

While she watched, aghast, his eyes glazed over as his life flowed away.

Eg. He stood aghast at the sight of so much blood.

He stood aghast at the sight of so much blood.

Mother gives brief tutorial on a dye, found in some cosmetics, made from crushed bugs. Stylist freezes, aghast.

People everywhere are aghast at the poisoning of China's air, rivers and lakes in the race for growth.

He tells of how visiting German engineers, for example, have been aghast to discover that Mumbai's overloaded commuter trains have no doors.

She passes an aghast English-speaking European tourist, .

The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.

Such stories may leave people aghast over how haphazard has been the response to Japan's nuclear mess.

I was aghast at the incomprehension of our leadership.

Some former officials in Mr Bush's administration were aghast.

The early members of MJ12, who are still highly influential in human society, were aghast.

Aghast at losing a contact, I fumbled in my pocket for his card.

Her sister stood aghast at this unforeseen disaster.

She stood aghast at the black shadow in the drawing room.

The child aghast can't say a word.

The neighbours all stood aghast, and dared not move.

I was quite aghast when I read some of the questions.

stood aghast at this unforeseen disaster.

Eg. He stood aghast on hearing the news.

The weak countries were agape and aghast .

He stood aghast at the terrible sight.

He was aghast on hearing the news.

Hey, stop looking so aghast, you don't need go there.

We all stood aghast, look at his body, we stay afraid to move.

It's not that there aren't many people who will be aghast at Obama's decision, Mohler said.

'Who is Mrs Pipchin, Louisa? ' asked Mr Dombey; aghast at this familiar introduction of a name he had never heard before.

He was aghast at seeing the handgun on the table.

I am just aghast at this.

there the traveler meets, aghast, sheeted memories of the past,

aghast at the sight of blood