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

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

These painted maps are images of power, designed to amaze and to stupefy.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2010

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

The bruised laurel leaves give off a very powerful odour, which stupefies butterflies immediately.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by Furneaux, William S.

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

Since then, campaign coverage has gotten only more stupefied.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

Levin was about to ask which one of the workers discovered the arm, but the slow revelation of the landfill’s awfulness stupefied him as the gate groaned apart.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022

Farid must have seen my stupefied expression; shuttling people back and forth to Kabul, he would have become familiar with that expression on the faces of those who hadn’t seen Kabul for a long time.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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

The stupefying truth revealed itself, and a polite call to his cheery stepmother confirmed that his dad was alive and well — “working in the chicken coop.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

Australian singer Nick Cave has said he is attending the Coronation for "the stupefying spectacular, the awe inspiring".

From BBC ● May 6, 2023

Maybe Nina had a stupefying effect on all stalwart northerners.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo