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

Loth to go to Hell and put to a nonplus, David built a nest in a tree in Richmond Park, and he paused therein to consider which way to proceed.

From My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People by Evans, Caradoc

The objection is therefore nothing more or less than the very ancient and famous logical fallacy with which the Greek sophists used to nonplus their antagonists.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

He finds doubts and scruples better than resolves them, and has always some argument to nonplus himself.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

He wanted to nonplus and disconcert her, if such a thing were possible.

From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)