stupefying
Example Sentences
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It was a sad sight, then comical, then stupefying.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025
Mom’s brain had been a thing of beauty: the flights of fancy she could follow to utterly uncharted places were both stupefying and inspiring.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024
People caught up in the tragedy, including the cult leader Jim Jones’s son Stephan and the former congresswoman Jackie Speier, reflect on the stupefying chain of events.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024
Australian singer Nick Cave has said he is attending the Coronation for "the stupefying spectacular, the awe inspiring".
From BBC • May 6, 2023
That bombardier’s name, he remembered suddenly with another stupefying shock, had also been Yossarian!
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
