stumped

Example Sentences

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American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was sitting at a chess board in Cyprus last week feeling absolutely stumped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Rashid had Seifert stumped before Brook twirled through his tweakers - Ahmed having Rachin Ravindra caught mid-wicket in the 12th over.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Ravindra had a charging Kusal Mendis stumped and then removed Pavan Rathnayake in similar fashion in the same over as the sellout crowd was stunned into silence.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

In 2024, she revealed that, after she’d spent more than $70,000 on treatments, doctors were still stumped by what could be causing her facial disfigurement, though some suggested it could be because of a parasite.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

He gave me a writing test, a geography test, then laid a bunch of math on me which stumped me.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride