stunned; stunning
1
: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
2
: to shock with noise
3
: to overcome especially with paralyzing astonishment or disbelief
Examples of stun in a Sentence
Verb
The angry criticism stunned them.
His old friends were stunned at his success.
She sat in stunned disbelief.
There was a stunned expression on her face.
weapons that can stun people temporarily
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
In 2025, the Padres already had three relievers (Adam, Robert Suarez, Adrián Morejón) named to the All-Star team when Preller stunned baseball by shipping away top prospect Leo De Vries to pry right-hander Mason Miller away from the Athletics.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Shatner pops up in a sports bar and a living room, calmly delivering bathroom-adjacent puns while everyone around him looks stunned.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
In 2025, the Padres already had three relievers (Adam, Robert Suarez, Adrián Morejón) named to the All-Star team when Preller stunned baseball by shipping away top prospect Leo De Vries to pry right-hander Mason Miller away from the Athletics.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
The announcement stunned Wall Street, with company stock selling off almost 10 percent in early trading Friday.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
She was also stunned at how fast the digital wallpaper that advisory committee designed appeared amid Gabb’s decorative options.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Stun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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stun
transitive verb
stunned; stunning
: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow
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