struck dumb
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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
Gittes – resourceful, tenacious, worldly Gittes – is essentially struck dumb.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2020
Mencken might have been struck dumb, ours is perhaps an apt moment for just such a reminder.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018
But all at once there stood Before me one who somehow seemed struck dumb By the weight of a long silence.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013
For some reason, Dr. Bright was staring openmouthed, seemingly struck dumb.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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