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

He wanted to nonplus and disconcert her, if such a thing were possible.

From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)

They were put to a nonplus, and summoned the Devil to their relief.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

The young lord, thus abandoned, looked at first at a nonplus, and seemed for a while more than half-inclined to follow.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

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.