stumper

Example Sentences

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The conversation grew increasingly heated from there as Carlson launched stumper after stumper made up of basic facts.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

The big-time stumper that year, however, was on the Republican side: George W. Bush passed over the prospects that advisor Dick Cheney was vetting and tapped Cheney himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024

In the new book, reader “Josh of Woonsocket, R.I.” poses the potential stumper: “Has humanity produced enough paint to cover the entire land area of the Earth?”

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

In the melting pot that is the big wide world, “Who am I?” is the ultimate stumper.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

Ha! ha! ha!" roared the Kentuckian, giving a crack of unusual emphasis, "that's what I call a stumper; but as you're no missionary, I 'spose I'll tell you.

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander