dumbfounded
Example Sentences
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Ordinary air travelers have been dumbfounded by the chaos.
I was so dumbfounded I couldn’t even think straight, much less say anything.
From Literature
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American skater Nathan Chen, the Beijing men's individual gold medallist, was dumbfounded, saying: "What a shock".
From Barron's
He said the volatility in recent weeks has left him and other investors feeling “awestruck and dumbfounded at times.”
I was so dumbfounded by Flora’s words, I didn’t have enough sense to stop that child from taking my whole sack of lemon drops right out of my pocket.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.