Example sentences for: reeled

How can you use “reeled” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Axel von dem Bussche reeled in shock from a mass execution of Jews in the Ukraine; Peter Yorck von Wartenburg stated at his treason trial in 1944 that the escalation of anti-Semitism into genocide was the single cause of his "inner break" with Nazism (a claim that gained him nothing before a Nazi court); and Tresckow understood the genocidal implications of the orders accompanying plans for the Russian invasion.

  • As NASA reeled from the Challenger disaster, the Soviet Union briefly enjoyed a return to its dominant reputation.

  • Without a blush I eyed ground-hugging plants and reeled off their names: Hex, Ponder, Explicit, and Envy.

  • Beef prices reeled, and cattlemen lost millions of dollars.

  • Of course, this is unlikely--a motormouth cannot be "quiet and mysterious" forever, timer or no timer, and The Rules ' blithe assurance that Mr. Right, reeled in by your "friendly, light, and breezy" persona, will accept your edgy, insecure, and engulfing true self is, perhaps, the cruelest fantasy in the book.


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