dumbstruck
Example Sentences
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"Instead of being dumbstruck by the enormity of it, we can actually make progress toward an answer about why we're here in the universe."
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Everyone was still too dumbstruck by what they had witnessed from Ohtani: perhaps the single greatest individual game ever played.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
Kennedy, now even more dumbstruck and insulted, tried to steer the conversation elsewhere, and to engage other members of the delegation.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025
The force previously defended its actions after Pearson said she was left "dumbstruck" by a visit to her home on Remembrance Sunday.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
Miss Duncan-the-second looked back at the little girl and all the sudden slapped both her hands over her ears, her mouth jumped open and she ’peared to be dumbstruck.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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