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

Utterly at a nonplus, she at length returned to the donkey—that is, to the spot, so far as she could judge, where she had left it.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

The small boy hesitated, plainly at a nonplus.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

"I really did nonplus you, didn't I?" she insisted, aware of his amusement.

From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Ah! there Roy could not answer him; he was at a nonplus; he was unable to say whether the codicil had been found or not.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.