stupefy
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They stupefy in equal measure, the Shchukin and Morozov collections, yet the two Vuitton Foundation shows have radically different tones in their final acts.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
It’s about seeing Scarlett and Bradley and Cate and who will dazzle, who will stupefy, whose attempt at sartorial splendor — remember Angelina’s right leg?
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2015
He puts the yawn into stultify, the stupefy into catatonia, stone-facedly delivering the exact same chords, licks, and nasal delivery for over three decades over a backbeat that would have lost the Boer War.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2012
These painted maps are images of power, designed to amaze and to stupefy.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2010
It is something so bright, loud, weird and delicate as to stupefy the senses.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
The increasingly bread-head and circus-like aspects of EDM have provoked a backlash from those who feel dance culture is swapping underground intimacy in favour of soul-less bombast that stuns and stupefies audiences into slack-jawed submission.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012
With an inimitable style that 1988 Olympic champion Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland has called "art on skis," Miller frequently stupefies his rivals as he wins races while choosing improbable routes down a mountain.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 18, 2011
In conclusion: sport may not inevitably coarsen, but in the particular form of society we have it undoubtedly stupefies.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
Pianist Garner still has more than his fair share of fingers, but their presence often stupefies rather than charms.
From Time Magazine Archive
A long railway journey stupefies some men, but makes others nervous and inclined to exaggerate danger or trouble.
From Whosoever Shall Offend by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
When the 55-year-old New Jersey chiropractor looks at his current balance, he is stupefied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
One month after One Day arrived on Netflix, Nicholls still seems somewhat stupefied by the reaction.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024
Since then, campaign coverage has gotten only more stupefied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Zimmerman, 23, is boisterous and amiable, openhearted and still a little stupefied by it all.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
The thumbs-down response stupefied Whiteman, who had already turned up dozens of fossils and artifacts there.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Another block and a half lands you at Barriles, decorated in Colombian flags and giant inflatable soccer balls while salsa blares at stupefying volume from the speakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was a sad sight, then comical, then stupefying.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
But in North Macedonia on Tuesday night, when Wales bundled in an added-time equaliser after a conclusion of stupefying drama, that cool veneer disappeared in an instant.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
People caught up in the tragedy, including the cult leader Jim Jones’s son Stephan and the former congresswoman Jackie Speier, reflect on the stupefying chain of events.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Maybe Nina had a stupefying effect on all stalwart northerners.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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