dumbstruck

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"Instead of being dumbstruck by the enormity of it, we can actually make progress toward an answer about why we're here in the universe."

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Everyone was still too dumbstruck by what they had witnessed from Ohtani: perhaps the single greatest individual game ever played.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

“I’m dumbstruck because it’s not that he said anything against Charlie Kirk,” said protester McKensie Lara.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Kennedy, now even more dumbstruck and insulted, tried to steer the conversation elsewhere, and to engage other members of the delegation.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025

The silence was broken, not by Ron, who in any case looked as though he was temporarily dumbstruck, but by a soft tap, tap on the window.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling