I was speechless with shock.
Your story left me speechless.
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His friends, from brother Luigi (Charlie Day) to Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) veer in a similar direction, somehow coming across less fully formed and three-dimensional than their nearly speechless inspirations from Nintendo‘s flagship franchise.—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2026 In helicopter video taken by Air Maui Helicopter Tours in Lahaina and posted online the people aboard are largely speechless.—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2023 Because his work, as is often the case, leaves us almost speechless.—Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2023 Crockett was speechless when Tapper informed him that was not the case.—Bryan Pietsch, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023 See All Example Sentences for speechless
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of speechless was
before the 12th century