nonplus
Example Sentences
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He found cross-examinations mentally invigorating, soon learned that he could nonplus storming attorneys if he kept smiling no matter how galling their insinuations.
From Time Magazine Archive
The adjurer appeared, for one moment, fairly at a nonplus.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John
Sir Julian, thou dost nonplus my understanding of myself absurdly.
From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton
So The Revolution, from the start, will arouse, thrill, edify, amuse, vex and nonplus its friends.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
“By Jingo, that’s a bad job,” cried the skipper, but he was not long at a nonplus.
From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Austin, Henry
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