struck dumb
Example Sentences
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Chastain and Nyong’o rumble with Diane Kruger, peer pressure Penélope Cruz and are struck dumb by Fan Bingbing, who saunters in halfway through to shake things up.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
Mencken might have been struck dumb, ours is perhaps an apt moment for just such a reminder.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2018
Indeed, when she showed her husband he was struck dumb.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2014
But all at once there stood Before me one who somehow seemed struck dumb By the weight of a long silence.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
"Figures you'd be struck dumb with that one," she said acidly, then slammed the door.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
