stupefaction
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The glory in “Missa Solemnis” is that of stupefaction.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Writing for the London Review of Books, novelist Martin Amis lamented her “somewhat top-heavy interest in madness and stupefaction — the vanished knack of ‘making things matter.’
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021
I swam in the freezing loch as my family looked on with some stupefaction.
From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2021
If it’s a work setting and you’re trying to replicate the familiar, brain-dead stupefaction vibe of a professional meeting, you should consider wearing pants.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2020
Not only did Inka infantrymen have to overcome their initial stupefaction, their leaders had to reinvent their military tactics while in the midst of an invasion.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The Turn of the Screw
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 3
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