rendered speechless
Example Sentences
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Her 40-year-old husband, whose full name is Cole Marsden Greif-Neill, is feeling so much love and excitement that he has been rendered speechless, if the multiple heart-eyes emojis are any indication.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
"As distribution chiefs, we're not often rendered speechless by a film's performance, but Barbillion has blown even our most optimistic predictions out of the water," said Jeff Goldstein, president of domestic distribution for Warner Bros.
From Reuters • Aug. 6, 2023
“Elton had absolutely no idea he was getting the medal. It’s very rare to see Elton rendered speechless on anything, and when that came out, he was completely gobsmacked,” said Furnish.
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022
“She was rendered speechless by it. I still don’t know. She hasn’t given me a satisfactory review yet.”
From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2020
Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even our communists are temporarily rendered speechless.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
