dumbfounded

Example Sentences

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Ordinary air travelers have been dumbfounded by the chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

American skater Nathan Chen, the Beijing men's individual gold medallist, was dumbfounded, saying: "What a shock".

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

“Whether owing to that striking optimism or some other loftier force at work,” said family member Gregory Small, she had survived with pancreatic cancer for 12 years, a feat that left her doctors dumbfounded.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

She said: "So they gave me a wad of leaflets, and then goodbye, shook hands and went out through the door. Well, I was dumbfounded actually."

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

He saw the prostrate Livingood surrounded by a crowd that included a dumbfounded and fretful Ernest Lawrence.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik