dumbstruck
Example Sentences
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"Instead of being dumbstruck by the enormity of it, we can actually make progress toward an answer about why we're here in the universe."
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Everyone was still too dumbstruck by what they had witnessed from Ohtani: perhaps the single greatest individual game ever played.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
Essex Police since clarified "at no stage" did its officers tell her the investigation was related to a "non-crime hate incident" while Ms Pearson said she was left "dumbstruck" by the visit.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
Kennedy, now even more dumbstruck and insulted, tried to steer the conversation elsewhere, and to engage other members of the delegation.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025
They broke through the last of the trees and Nailer stopped, dumbstruck.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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