nonplus
Example Sentences
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He found cross-examinations mentally invigorating, soon learned that he could nonplus storming attorneys if he kept smiling no matter how galling their insinuations.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He breathed quickly as if he had been running, yet having closed the door, he paused before he advanced into the room; and he seemed surprised, and at a nonplus.
From The Long Night by Weyman, Stanley John
My uncle turned from one to the other, completely at a nonplus, Rosalie in the meantime clinging to his breast and imploring him passionately to save her!
From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.
Here is the question indeed, that would have driven the whole world to a nonplus, if once the majesty and holiness of God had been seen.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
A grand dinner, and fine company; but, talking French, and nothing but French, all the time, Mrs. D. and your humble servant were rather at a nonplus.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.