stupefy

They stupefy in equal measure, the Shchukin and Morozov collections, yet the two Vuitton Foundation shows have radically different tones in their final acts.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

Knausgaard: accretion of detail so exhaustive as to mesmerise, or stupefy, the reader in the service of recapturing the vast psychic shifts of childhood becoming manhood.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2018

It’s about seeing Scarlett and Bradley and Cate and who will dazzle, who will stupefy, whose attempt at sartorial splendor — remember Angelina’s right leg?

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2015

He puts the yawn into stultify, the stupefy into catatonia, stone-facedly delivering the exact same chords, licks, and nasal delivery for over three decades over a backbeat that would have lost the Boer War.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2012

It is something so bright, loud, weird and delicate as to stupefy the senses.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The increasingly bread-head and circus-like aspects of EDM have provoked a backlash from those who feel dance culture is swapping underground intimacy in favour of soul-less bombast that stuns and stupefies audiences into slack-jawed submission.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012

With an inimitable style that 1988 Olympic champion Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland has called "art on skis," Miller frequently stupefies his rivals as he wins races while choosing improbable routes down a mountain.

From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 18, 2011

In conclusion: sport may not inevitably coarsen, but in the particular form of society we have it undoubtedly stupefies.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010

Pianist Garner still has more than his fair share of fingers, but their presence often stupefies rather than charms.

From Time Magazine Archive

One knows how twirling round in a circle makes one giddy, or following the same path stupefies.

From The Daughters of Danaus by Mona Caird

After retiring from the ministry, I volunteered in local high schools and was stupefied by the lack of financial knowledge among students in the latter stages of their education.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

When the 55-year-old New Jersey chiropractor looks at his current balance, he is stupefied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025

The attacks were raised at First Minister's Questions by Tory MSP Jackson Carlaw, who said the school community had been left "stupefied and distressed".

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025

Colleagues and friends are stupefied by how much he does.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

As the stupefied high-schoolers were leaving the scene, they looked back.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Another block and a half lands you at Barriles, decorated in Colombian flags and giant inflatable soccer balls while salsa blares at stupefying volume from the speakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

They could have tried to streamline the stupefying volume of documentation that many Social Security beneficiaries have to provide.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025

But in North Macedonia on Tuesday night, when Wales bundled in an added-time equaliser after a conclusion of stupefying drama, that cool veneer disappeared in an instant.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025

People caught up in the tragedy, including the cult leader Jim Jones’s son Stephan and the former congresswoman Jackie Speier, reflect on the stupefying chain of events.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Chastened by criticism of the stupefying length of October’s Dedication Day ceremony, the fair’s officers had kept the Opening Day program short and pledged to honor the timetable at all costs.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson