stupor
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All this gives the affair a narcoleptic quality, where flashes of radiance are quickly overwhelmed by everything else as we’re put back into our stupor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Ronan, better known as a painter in New York’s contemporary art world, chronicles a collection of still lives who jostle themselves out of an emotional stupor.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
"I was in a stupor; I couldn't even speak," the activist remembers.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025
You can spend all night talking your friend through a breakup, reminding them that they’re better off without the other person, until you’ve spoken yourself into a stupor on the couch.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024
Yossarian gorged himself in the mess hall until he thought he would explode and then sagged back in a contented stupor, his mouth filmy with a succulent residue.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing stupor
Grade 11, List 6
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