1. I was taken aback by the news of his death.

2. Roland was taken aback by our strength of feeling.

3. The manager was taken aback by his directness.

4. Jenny was taken aback by some of the portraits.

5. I was taken aback by his rudeness.

6. I was taken aback by what I saw.

7. She was taken aback by her son's strong opposition to her remarriage.

8. Saying that Joan was taken aback is to put it mildly. She was completely flabbergasted.

9. When he lunged forward, she was taken aback.

10. He was taken aback by the new demands of the job.

11. Jonadab was taken aback,(Sentencedict) not being a man given to overt affection.

12. Being surprised by opinion polls is like being taken aback by blue skies.

13. The man spun round so swiftly that George was taken aback and tripped, falling on to the soft mud.

14. For a moment he was taken aback as he realised she was so sorry for him she was arranging a date.

15. The authorities were taken aback, and took the unprecedented step of cordoning off the painting.

16. I was taken aback, but deep down I wasn't totally surprised.

17. I was taken aback by the decor - vivid red, yellow and green geometric patterns screaming from every wall.

18. Intel was taken aback by the intensity of public anger.

19. She was taken aback to realise just how far her reservations about seeing him had disappeared.

20. Perhaps it was too dark for Miriam to notice how Louise was taken aback by this remark, how she blushed.

21. I "can not help but be taken aback, " I seem to have an adverse current momentum in blocking the like, confidence decreased.

22. But he might be taken aback by the popular sympathy for his plight.

23. Guys in the class will generally be taken aback, and ask me how I know this.

24. Many would be taken aback to think that China, too, might experience its share of setbacks compared with the U.

25. You may be taken aback that a simple Windows program requires so much coding.

26. But he might be taken aback by the popular sympathy for his plight. So might the authorities: the case has become an embarrassment.

27. Don't be taken aback by my comments. I'm sorry for that.

28. Even the most skeptical visitor to Pepperberg's lab is sure to be taken aback by what the birds can do.

29. When shown a picture of a musk deer, people are sure to be taken aback for a moment.

30. As has become customary in the last few months, Ferrara is asked to compare Juventus to Inter: ?We know we are a good team and must not be taken aback by this evening's defeat.

31. Don't be taken aback by the size of the code -- it's mostly comments and declarations (the factorial function itself only has 16 instructions).

32. An American reader of translated Chinese poems may well be taken aback, even put off, by the frequency, as well as the sentimentality of the lament for home.

33. Descending into the new exhibition, hard-core science fiction fans may be taken aback at some of the work around them.

34. You should not be taken aback with some issues that might put you off at first reading.

35. Then, when you use them in real life, a normal person will react by immediately ceasing all hurtful behavior, and even mean people will be taken aback by your directness.