be dumbstruck

Example Sentences

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Yet Reid continues to be dumbstruck at how his second in command keeps being overlooked.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2021

After the vote he said Australians would be dumbstruck and appalled by the “disloyalty and deliberate insurgency” in the government.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2018

At one point, the Giants players appeared to be dumbstruck as they stood midfield and watched the Packers celebrate on the big screen.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2011

Miss Duncan-the-second looked back at the little girl and all the sudden slapped both her hands over her ears, her mouth jumped open and she ’peared to be dumbstruck.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

When his eyes hit ’em, some folks screamed, some folks laughed, some folks cried, and some folks ’peared to be dumbstruck.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis