stupefaction
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Rogan, wearing his persona as a babe-in-the-woods naif, listened to this nonsense in slack-jawed stupefaction.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024
If it’s a work setting and you’re trying to replicate the familiar, brain-dead stupefaction vibe of a professional meeting, you should consider wearing pants.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2020
That they often have an asparagus spear etched on the side does not prevent diners from staring with stupefaction at seeing them in their place settings.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2020
Memes from the show have exploded on all platforms, repurposing the stars’ flamboyant styles, ironically adoring its layers upon layers of absurd taste, and sharing the stupefaction of falling into a seven-episode wormhole.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2020
But when he saw himself and his whole family fastened onto a sheet of iridescent metal for an eternity, he was mute with stupefaction.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing stupefaction
The Turn of the Screw
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Pollyanna
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 3
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