struck dumb
Example Sentences
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Chastain and Nyong’o rumble with Diane Kruger, peer pressure Penélope Cruz and are struck dumb by Fan Bingbing, who saunters in halfway through to shake things up.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022
Mencken might have been struck dumb, ours is perhaps an apt moment for just such a reminder.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018
It was only later that, watching this bubble gum chewing, Snapple-drinking, metallic turquoise Rayban-wearing incarnation of Patricia Arquette, I was struck dumb.
From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014
It was Romney’s turn to be struck dumb when the other candidate said something he wasn’t prepared for.
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2012
I looked at the map and was momentarily struck dumb.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
