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
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 Speed, Lancelot
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
