stumper

Example Sentences

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The conversation grew increasingly heated from there as Carlson launched stumper after stumper made up of basic facts.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

Tarantino’s end credits’ citation of another piece of period marketing, a 1960s “Batman” radio promotion featuring Adam West and Burt Ward, offer another stumper of an Easter Egg.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2019

It’s a stumper, but hardly one that you’re going to lose sleep over.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2018

And in any given session, a stumper might come along that wipes out a huge number of players.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2018

This logic was rather a stumper; but they took him up, as before said, and carried him for further examination.

From The Women of the Confederacy by Underwood, J. L.