stumper

Example Sentences

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The conversation grew increasingly heated from there as Carlson launched stumper after stumper made up of basic facts.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

The big-time stumper that year, however, was on the Republican side: George W. Bush passed over the prospects that advisor Dick Cheney was vetting and tapped Cheney himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024

And in any given session, a stumper might come along that wipes out a huge number of players.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2018

A few months into his new job as an organic inspector, Chris Van Hook got a stumper of a question.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2016

But how the mischief even a raw Britisher could be soft-sawdered by Anstey is a stumper.

From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram