"We were absolutely floored when we saw how much rents were in this area," said Joann Israel, Heather's mother.

When we got here in April, I was absolutely floored by the city I found, but also by how little of the old Shanghai there was.

When the merger was announced, Mr. Arison said, "we were absolutely floored."

I was knocked out by some, but I was absolutely floored by the pristine quality and fine definition of the sound.

"She played me some demo tapes, and I was absolutely floored that she wasn't recording," says Mr. Cali.

Jeremy of course is absolutely floored.

I went to show him what a Polaroid could do once, and he was absolutely floored - such astonishment that you could get a photo developed before your eyes.

Penny Arcade rules, and I was absolutely floored when I learned that we'd lose Ben to such awesome guys.

I was absolutely floored.

But when Mr. Franck learned of New Community Corporation's efforts to revitalize the Central Ward, he was "absolutely floored."