speechlessly

Example Sentences

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“Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity. But what then?”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

"It is deplorable, incompetent and dangerous that WHO, which has both public health expertise and the duty of health protection, is speechlessly deferring to the IOC, which has neither," Attaran writes.

From The Verge • May 13, 2016

I handed her the flowers I had brought and she stood looking at them speechlessly, almost numb to the sheer scale of her victory.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2011

Then, suddenly, everything misfired; poor Stacy found himself deep in the heart of Brooklyn with speechlessly angry Peggy, and prim Susan found herself in the arms of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Why, yes, say some school in New England . . ." I looked at him speechlessly.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison