dumbfounded
Example Sentences
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He said the volatility in recent weeks has left him and other investors feeling “awestruck and dumbfounded at times.”
I was so dumbfounded by Flora’s words, I didn’t have enough sense to stop that child from taking my whole sack of lemon drops right out of my pocket.
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“Whether owing to that striking optimism or some other loftier force at work,” said family member Gregory Small, she had survived with pancreatic cancer for 12 years, a feat that left her doctors dumbfounded.
From Los Angeles Times
I stand there, dumbfounded for a moment, before Autumn nudges me.
From Literature
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He might have been a bit dumbfounded but Bass never hesitated in accepting the challenge.
From Literature
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