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• I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.From the entry blunt
• I was rather taken aback by his angry reply.From the entry take aback
• The bad news took us aback.From the entry take aback
• Aw seed him aback o’th’ edge.From the entry a-back
• This film can be enjoyed on many dimensions - the script is great, the acting is realistic, and the special effects will simply take you aback.From the entry dimension
• If ever I corrected him on a factlet , he was taken aback and interested.2023, Padma Viswanathan, Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime, Random House of Canada, →ISBN. From the entry factlet
• Lia was taken aback by the question, thrown by the plain answerlessness of it.2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 132. From the entry answerlessness
• As far as the request for a DNA test I was sort of taken aback.2016, Empress Simone [pseudonym], chapter 6, in In These Streets: Koi’s Saga, [Bronx, N.Y.]: Empressed For Life Presents, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry mama's baby, papa's maybe
• When I rang at her front door, her mother seemed taken aback.1997, Saul Bellow, The Actual, New Yorks: Viking, page 20. From the entry wooer
• Having been around the block a few times, I immediately called "shenanigans” on it, but even so, I was taken aback.2008, PC Magazine. From the entry call
• "Mayhap 'tis a fetch." Victor was very taken aback.1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 80. From the entry fetch
• A bit taken aback, our instructor followed up by asking that rebbi what he did when his students had done something right.2026 March 12, Rabbi Akiva Males, “Were the Ba’alei Tosafos Familiar with Aesop or Buddhism?”, in The Seforim Blog, archived from the…. From the entry potch
• In recent weeks, he’s been taken aback by the price of the fresh fruit and vegetables they use for their pottles of raw fish.2022, Charlotte Muru-Lanning, “What rising supply costs mean for local fish and chip shops”, in The Spinoff. From the entry pottle
• Upon opening the door, Trech was suddenly drawn aback by the shocking presence of the armed goon standing directly in front of him.2010, G.C. Deuce, From the Gutter to the Grave: An American Hood Novel, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 291. From the entry fool
• The damage level was sicko, even Eddy had been taken aback when they'd first gone inside, scared but trying to hide it.1998, Daniel Hecht, Skull Session, New York: Viking. From the entry sicko
• While it isn't confirmed which brand of honey supplement the woman used, viewers were taken aback at the woman's brazen approach to get her partner to last longer.2022 May 8, Gisselle Hernandez, “A woman made a joke about slipping her boyfriend a supplement to make him last longer in bed, sparking a…. From the entry IDM
• And while many of us might be a little taken aback if Mom showed up at our offices, Secrist is utterly nonplussed, even happy about it.2002 April 14, Debra Pickett, “Sunday lunch with”, in Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Public Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24. From the entry nonplussed
• As Bruce was somewhat taken aback by this turn in the nonversation, as a witty friend used to term the appropriately uneven match of social skills, he simply asked why.2008, Maxim Jakubowski, Paris Noir: Capital Crime Fiction, page 266. From the entry nonversation
• The question of wind must be matter of inference from the incidents above stated: the movement of the “Lawrence” and “Queen Charlotte,” and the bracing aback of the “Niagara's” topsail.1905, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Sea Power and the War of 1812, volume 2, page 68. From the entry aback of

Meaning of aback

1. adverb Towards the back or rear; backwards.
2. adverb In the rear; a distance behind.
3. adverb By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage).

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How do you use aback in a sentence?

Aback is used as an adverb and noun. For example: “I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.”

What is a short sentence with aback?

“Eagle was caught aback.”

What does aback mean?

Aback means towards the back or rear; backwards.