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Examples of dumbstruck in a Sentence
The people in the courtroom were dumbstruck by his confession.
the dumbstruck ecotourists gaped in silence as the enormous whale breached near their vessel
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Maher, as Earle-Sears outlined the sins of story hour, was equally dumbstruck.
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Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 27 June 2021
Lyons can be a brilliant agent of chaos, a person whose presence left castmates starstruck before her bluntness left them dumbstruck.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 July 2023
The dumbstruck crowd watched as aged captain Patrice Bergeron trudged to the room in the funeral din of the Garden.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
Her sunny face went dumbstruck.
—New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
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Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 27 June 2021
Lyons can be a brilliant agent of chaos, a person whose presence left castmates starstruck before her bluntness left them dumbstruck.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 July 2023
The dumbstruck crowd watched as aged captain Patrice Bergeron trudged to the room in the funeral din of the Garden.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
Her sunny face went dumbstruck.
—New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
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“Dumbstruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumbstruck. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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