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Harris later said the deputy prime minister had apologised to her and he was "flabbergasted " by the situation.
After her son, 23, who studied at the University of Glasgow, was selected to contest the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine seat, she told the Press and Journal newspaper: "I am flabbergasted.
He described their response to the the Newtown tragedy – the "National School Shield Programm – as "unhinged", "revolting", and "tone deaf", declaring himself "flabbergasted " by the group's press conference and calling out the program for what it was: a bald ploy for further political power.
Hence, for example, some outlandish attacks on Mr McFaul for talking to the Russian opposition.Among American officials there is growing disappointment and irritation with Mr Putin, both for his standoffish attitude (they were flabbergasted when he failed to attend the G8 summit and a bilateral meeting with Mr Obama last month) and for his apparent unwillingness or inability to deliver.
In January, people across the world, especially in neighbouring Arab countries, were flabbergasted by the determination of so many Iraqis to vote.
The very question, Mr Cash tells us, would have flabbergasted anyone in the 19th century.
Alternatively, the average retirement age will have to rise to 67.In this section Harsh choices Disorganised crime Philistines flabbergasted Coming clean Snooty or what?
A government order to slash prices of all goods and services by about half in June has left stores across the country empty of meat, cornmeal, bread and other staples and crippled transportation services.But I was completely flabbergasted by what came next.
Peter Schoenfeld of PSAM, a hedge fund in New York, is "flabbergasted " that the trust was so overwhelmed by politics that it acted before an appeals-court ruling, due in days, that was expected to reverse the injunction.
I was flabbergasted that a party with pretensions to modernity appeared to be basing its strategy entirely on the dynastic appeal of two young, untried politicians.Of course, he was wrong on many counts.
What those on it clearly find bewildering is that most are also among the most important friends the West has in Indonesia.The document, apparently a presentation on how to spy on your neighbours and influence your political bosses, was marked on every page with the DSD's motto: "Reveal their secrets; Protect our own".A visibly angry Mr Natalegawa on November 18th professed himself "flabbergasted".
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The primary grammatical function of "flabbergasted" is that of a predicative adjective , modifying a noun or pronoun to describe a state of extreme surprise or astonishment. As Ludwig AI confirms, the word is correct and suitable for written English.
Expression frequency: Very common
