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Recent Examples of dumbstruck The children were dumbstruck and asked what the items meant. Stephanie Mansfield, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2022 Sink is still dumbstruck by the fact Swift, one of the celebrity Stranger Things fans, saw her younger self in season 3 and kept her in mind for a starring role opposite Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner, Teen Wolf). Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 July 2022 Officials at the agency were dumbstruck, according to some of those who spoke with The Post. Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2022 And the stadium, after all that noise, after all those songs, after all those dreams, stood silent, dumbstruck, and stared straight back. New York Times, 11 July 2021 See All Example Sentences for dumbstruck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbstruck
Adjective
  • Ben Brown is amazed by the energy Crow-Armstrong brings daily.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Viewers on YouTube were amazed by the poster's finds, as well as the dresser itself.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Feel that stretch in your shoulders, and in your capacity to still be shocked, six months into Trump’s second term.
    Jena Friedman, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
  • Matlin appears shocked but somewhat timid when Hurt, who presented her with the award after winning the previous year's Best Actor statue for Kiss of the Spider Woman, calls and then signs her name.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • And the writer’s astonished eyes answer: yes, that was me.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
  • Arriving onstage hours late, Stone regaled the astonished crowd with a diatribe against Jerry Goldstein, his manager since the early ’90s.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Rylee Arnold, 28, recently purchased a home in Salt Lake City and was pleasantly surprised when her seller offered to cover many of the closing costs.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
  • Don’t be surprised if a group dynamic undergoes a major shift as someone’s true colors are revealed.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 June 2025

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“Dumbstruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbstruck. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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