dumbfounded
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Why, I wuz fairly dumbfoundered, and so wuz Josiah.
From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de
With an alacrity which utterly dumbfoundered us, the young hope of the Crosscauseway now sprung to his feet.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
The Assembly precipitately raised the sitting; the Ministers looked dumbfoundered.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
When I made bold to refuse him, he was dumbfoundered in astonishment, and was pleased to compress his jaws.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 by Various
The carpenter stood dumbfoundered whilst they pressed an hussar's "csákó" on his head.
From The Strange Story of Rab R?by by J?kai, M?r
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