struck dumb
Example Sentences
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And, at times, the poet must be willing to be struck dumb — momentarily blinded before the gift.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2021
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
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
It wouldn’t have been exaggerating to say that Patria Mercedes had been struck dumb in the devil’s den.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
