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Meanings of dumbstricken in English

As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.

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      1
      The President of the Weldon Institute was stupefied; his companion was astonished.
      Robur the Conqueror
      2
      I haven't seen so many people in so long I'm momentarily stupefied.
      Shatter Me
      3
      Tests have been taken to determine whether she was drugged or stupefied.
      Radio NZ
      4
      Thou art he that stupefied the Rishis dwelling in the Daruka forest.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
      5
      It was not Morange who answered; he was stupefied by the blow.
      Fruitfulness
      1
      For a long moment he simply stared, dumbfounded, at her retreating figure.
      Arthas: rise of the lich king
      2
      Kent sat in dumbfounded silence, regarding the red seal and the envelope.
      The Red Seal
      3
      The presence of any considerable proportion of personal friends generally dumbfounded me.
      Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
      4
      Super D and I were dumbfounded, afraid to believe it was true.
      Kill bin laden: a delta force commander's account of the hunt fo...
      5
      Zeus still seemed dumbfounded by the events of the last few months.
      Book Two: Descent
      1
      He was thunderstruck, and turning to the Vizier said: What sayest thou?
      The Blue Fairy Book
      2
      When news of the marriage came out to India I was thunderstruck.
      Elster's Folly: A Novel
      3
      He was thunderstruck at the idea of their taking Dandy from him.
      Marion's Faith.
      4
      Agias was thunderstruck; he had not counted on Drusus being absent temporarily.
      A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
      5
      The manager seemed thunderstruck by the intelligence, and gazed helplessly at Dupré.
      Revenge!
      1
      The lecturer was altogether too dumfounded and terrified to utter a word.
      The Blue Moon
      2
      Silent, staring, the congregation stood dumfounded, waiting to see what would happen.
      Harvest Home
      3
      But the landlord was too dumfounded even to speak for a minute.
      The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
      4
      When Bivens received this order to appear at court he was dumfounded.
      The Root of Evil
      5
      And Cynthia's son mopped his thick hair and looked as suddenly dumfounded.
      Green Valley
      1
      The near mania that once flabbergasted even emerging market specialists is gone.
      Reuters
      2
      The rest of him was flabbergasted at the horror of the discovery.
      "Contemptible", by "Casualty"
      3
      Hilton smiled at the flabbergasted captain and went back to the lounge.
      Masters of Space
      4
      The three of us listening are flabbergasted and don't say a word.
      Kafka on the Shore
      5
      Surprised-possiblyeven flabbergasted-byJack's totally unexpected anger, Smokey backed up a step.
      The talisman
      1
      Wang was dumbstruck; he spent 20 minutes trying to calm her down.
      The Guardian
      2
      They stared, dumbstruck, as the fourteen of us came to a halt.
      Summers at Castle Auburn
      3
      Beatrice frowns, momentarily dumbstruck, praise having succeeded where the invisible slipper failed.
      The crimson petal and the white
      4
      A dumbstruck boy stares through the windshield, red-rimmed eyes and slack jaw.
      Robin and ruby
      5
      At my stunned silence he laughs merrily, laughs in our dumbstruck faces.
      The Kingmaker’s Daughter