Sentence examples for rather taken aback from inspiring English sources

Putin was rather taken aback.

Mr. Praed is rather taken aback by Vivie's blunt sensibility.

I was rather taken aback when he said "yes".

Rather taken aback, Rousselot admitted that it was.

Mr. Sachs, who seemed rather taken aback, assured her that he had not been unhappy.

The novel is so good that I was rather taken aback, especially since it hadn't drifted onto my radar before.

Not exactly … Rather, the Brazilians were "taken aback by the juxtaposition of rich and poor, and wondered how the latter 'could endure such injustice without taking the others by the throat and setting fire to their houses"'.

Rather more people were taken aback when rumours started to fly that Axel Weber would stand down as president of Germany's Bundesbank and thus rule himself out as the next president of the European Central Bank (ECB), a job for which he had been the front-runner.

Rather, he seemed a little taken aback by the whole thing, as if he really didn't understand what all the fuss was about.

John Grisham was taken aback, but rather flattered, that The Innocent Man was rejected; since Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent had also been refused entry on to the base, one must presume that the censors have a problem with any suggestion of innocence.

Taken aback, and rather sheepishly, Bob says "I didn't know you were married" before quietly leaving, after stating, "I'll be here, I guess".