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become speechless

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choke up
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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

The Sheikh is fast asleep on his camel, and poor Sam has become speechless with misery, in spite of all I could say to him about mastering the art of camel-riding.

From In the Mahdi's Grasp by Lancelot Speed

"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 Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

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 William Carleton




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