dumbstruck

Example Sentences

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Musical theater is associated in France with happy-go-lucky American exceptionalism, and here it feels absurdly bright, leaving Bucky — who blames himself for abandoning his neighborhood — dumbstruck.

From New York Times

One former executive said she was dumbstruck when she inspected the buildings to see how the lack of security allowed “a free-for-all.”

From Los Angeles Times

Weddle started his label in part to issue Connors’s music, and now he stood at the top of the stairs, dumbstruck.

From New York Times

It was truly genocide, but the lightning-swift disaster left the United States dumbstruck.

From Washington Post

It’s so character driven, and the detail of each individual person — I was dumbstruck.

From New York Times