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

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

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

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

When Callum McGregor eviscerated his own team-mates in the wake of Celtic's stupefying Champions League collapse against LASK, he delivered their one coherent moment of a spineless night.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

It was a sad sight, then comical, then stupefying.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

I was chosen to be in “Goodbye, Columbus,” and then everything exploded with the stupefying surprise of “Love Story” — this cost-nothing project nobody expected to be a success.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2024

Perhaps sensing that the conversation was moving from stupid to stupefying, Mini piped up.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi