Sentence examples for stood aghast from inspiring English sources

Residents, who said they had not understood the Israelis' plan, stood aghast as their homes crumbled to the ground.

Already shellshocked, Cherry stood aghast and uncomprehending as labor unions formed, factory sirens intruded on the still air of his estate, and the world spun past him.

Consider a few lines from his first novel, "Swami and Friends" (1935), where a fight has erupted in a classroom full of young children: "The teacher came in and stood aghast.

This time, the world stood aghast for a different reason: The blunt display of America's military might, and thus the possibility that the United States had gone as far ahead in "hard power" capabilities compared to other powers (Russia, India, China, Europe) as the Romans had vis-à-vis the barbarian tribes 2,000 years earlier.

The activist, speaking on behalf of her nation's youth, could have speaking for anyone who has taken a mild interest in more than two decades of international negotiations on climate change and stood aghast as world leaders have failed to protect the most basic of human rights – to exist.

The bold yellow, ochre, brown and grey exterior did not hold universal appeal, and many stood aghast.

They did nothing but stand aghast as you dragged her out.

We stand aghast at the crimes of the British and their agents in India, Burke says, because the rape and murder of Hindus is just as great an offense to God as the rape and murder of our own.

We can stand aghast at the savagery of shooting Malala.

I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken.

Sweeny stood up, aghast, the tape recorder in hand.