struck dumb
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Mencken might have been struck dumb, ours is perhaps an apt moment for just such a reminder.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2018
Mr. Roxburgh, a man rarely at a loss for words, was struck dumb.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2016
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
"Figures you'd be struck dumb with that one," she said acidly, then slammed the door.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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