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Recent Examples of stupefy News coverage can’t prepare you for the stupefying endlessness of the destruction, nor for the metallic stench that seeps in through closed windows. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025 Even amid the stupefying information overload of Trump’s first week back in office, this is shocking. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025 Enchantment Resort Sedona, Arizona Price: From $400 Set amid the stupefying red-rock wonder that is Boynton Canyon, one of four major vortex sites in Sedona, my fall stay at Enchantment was emotional but also grounding. Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024 Through a melodic flow of political parlance and an impressive stable of sprightly actors, creator Debora Cahn stages a spirited play about political relationships — and relationship politics — that never feels stodgy or stupefying, despite an ungodly amount of dialogue. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stupefy
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Verb
  • In 2024 one woman amazed the internet with the results after she was warned not to paint her house white, only for the results to shock people who were against it at first.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
  • The way 16 different emotions can flit across his face in a single moment continually surprises, amazes and confounds us.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • The rescue pup stunned judges with her brown and blue eyes, speckled fur, and inviting smile.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 1 July 2025
  • Unlike games like Super Mario Galaxy, which allow P2 to sort of play along by shooting little stars to stun enemies, Bananza’s version of coop feels extremely robust and changes the entire game.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Frantic runs burst through the music, while the last movement surprises with its sudden force.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 11 July 2025
  • Customers in New York City, Green Bay and Austin, Texas, might even be surprised with a free lip balm duo at their local cafe, Panera said.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Teoscar Hernández, as always right by Pages’ side, was astonished.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 26 June 2025
  • She is simultaneously astonished and grateful that there is a 50th Mr. Irrelevant.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Your trash schedule might not be top of mind this Independence Day between going to fireworks displays, making a last-minute run to the grocery store or getting startled by loud booms.
    Eleanor Nash July 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2025
  • According to a crash report, a cicada flew into the driver's window, startling the driver.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • Dangerous enough to raise the stakes, but not too gruesome to shock young viewers.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 July 2025
  • More than a year after a 19-year-old college student's murder shocked Milwaukee and prompted waves of outcry, the man accused of killing her is finally on trial.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025

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“Stupefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupefy. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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