stupefaction

Example Sentences

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The glory in “Missa Solemnis” is that of stupefaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

After recovering from his stupefaction, “my first impulse was to counterprotest,” Vindman recalled.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2022

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

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

The carpenters, after the first and second crashes, had crossed themselves in stupefaction, and when the third crash resounded they fell backward from the building onto the chips of wood.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan