become speechless

Example Sentences

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One of the only surviving members, an orphaned child, has become speechless with shock.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

Some versions of the VEI become speechless at that point; others scale up to “huge,” “humongous” and “indescribable.”

From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2012

"Well done, Jan!" cried Beresteyn now, for Stoutenburg had become speechless with the delight of this glorious news; "and what did you do with the rogue?"

From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

The light and animation of life were fast fading from his face; he attempted to speak again, but voice and tongue refused to discharge their office—he had become speechless.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

In the end they gained their point, and Mrs. Webb consented, but with a reluctance of reserve which caused the general to choke with embarrassment and the judge to become speechless from perplexity.

From The Voice of the People by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson