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

Here is the question indeed, that would have driven the whole world to a nonplus, if once the majesty and holiness of God had been seen.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Phonny was put quite to a nonplus by this unexpected answer.

From Mary Erskine by Abbott, Jacob

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

The adjurer appeared, for one moment, fairly at a nonplus.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John