struck dumb
Example Sentences
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Chastain and Nyong’o rumble with Diane Kruger, peer pressure Penélope Cruz and are struck dumb by Fan Bingbing, who saunters in halfway through to shake things up.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022
Mencken might have been struck dumb, ours is perhaps an apt moment for just such a reminder.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018
Indeed, when she showed her husband he was struck dumb.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2014
It was Romney’s turn to be struck dumb when the other candidate said something he wasn’t prepared for.
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2012
I was struck dumb by die sight of this beloved face working itself up into what looked like hatred.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
