stupor
Example Sentences
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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
Since then residents have been in some kind of stupor, dazed, angry and tired.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
It’s a testament to Shannon’s direction that he fully commits to submerging us into Janice’s unimaginable emotional stupor, even when that gutsy approach ultimately proves to be the film’s undoing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 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
I watched the road ahead in a kind of stupor.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing stupor
Grade 11, List 6
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