stupor

Example Sentences

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At the camp, Ibrahim said, adults and children alike often wander around in a sort of stupor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

A more severe and concerning case can cause neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness, or paralysis.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

Since then residents have been in some kind of stupor, dazed, angry and tired.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

You can spend all night talking your friend through a breakup, reminding them that they’re better off without the other person, until you’ve spoken yourself into a stupor on the couch.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024

He sank down on a chair in a trembling stupor, his stumpy, lax hands quaking in his lap.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller