stupefy

Example Sentences

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They stupefy in equal measure, the Shchukin and Morozov collections, yet the two Vuitton Foundation shows have radically different tones in their final acts.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

It’s about seeing Scarlett and Bradley and Cate and who will dazzle, who will stupefy, whose attempt at sartorial splendor — remember Angelina’s right leg?

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2015

He puts the yawn into stultify, the stupefy into catatonia, stone-facedly delivering the exact same chords, licks, and nasal delivery for over three decades over a backbeat that would have lost the Boer War.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2012

It takes a lot to stupefy my father.

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2011

It is something so bright, loud, weird and delicate as to stupefy the senses.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel