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  • They're all dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Alex is dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • You don't see Rosaleen looking dumbfounded that often, but that's the look she had now.†   (source)
  • The two men looked at each other, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Lale is dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Newt had read the message aloud for those who couldn't see the paper, but instead of erupting in confusion, the Gladers all stood dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • My roommate somehow managed to look even more dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • He was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • He was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Mariam was dumbfounded that she could miss in such a crippling manner a being she had never even seen.†   (source)
  • Cole stared down, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Kate, Sticky, and Constance stood dumbfounded struggling, just as Reynie had, to accept that such a thing was possible.†   (source)
  • We stare, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • As I walked out of the ghetto with its tombstone-crowned walls and along the streets of Krakow, I was dumbfounded to see that life seemed just as it had been before I entered the ghetto.†   (source)
  • I was dumbfounded at the anger that had sprung up around me in the last ten minutes.†   (source)
  • Dumbfounded, the old man drove back out of the park to the nearest diner, where he sat with a cup of coffee while the boy wolfed down meatloaf and gravy, mashed potatoes, zucchini, salad, and coconut custard pie.†   (source)
  • Langdon watched dumbfounded as his driver gave the guard an ID.†   (source)
  • Beneath her fingernails, the frost makes billions of tiny diadems and coronas on the slats of the bench, a lattice of dumbfounding complexity.†   (source)
  • "They're going to breach the ship," Venkat said, still dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Lindsey was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • For a moment Kit was too dumbfounded to move.†   (source)
  • He's marveling, dumbfounded, at the amount in his hands.†   (source)
  • I'm dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • She blinked, dumbfounded, as reality stumbled in on the still, silent moment.†   (source)
  • The room sat silent, dumbfounded, until T. C. Hsu, the chair of Gartler's conference session, spoke.†   (source)
  • "Sky," she says, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • They'd lower their clubs and watch dumbfounded as she smiled and charged them.†   (source)
  • I stood transfixed, dumbfounded, as she put out her arms to me with sort of a happy crooning noise, Popchik whining and capering in excitement at our feet.†   (source)
  • Dart was dumbfounded: how could things change so quickly?†   (source)
  • Holly was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • He looked at me dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • If there was still some part of a beautiful heathen girl in me, a girl drawn to admiration like a moth to moonlight, and if her heart still pounded on Georgia nights when the peeper frogs called out from roadside ditches, she was too dumbfounded to speak up for herself.†   (source)
  • I look down at it, dumbfounded, amazed.†   (source)
  • But mostly I stare dumbfounded at the spot where my bike had been.†   (source)
  • "I'm totally dumbfounded by your attitude.†   (source)
  • But Kathy let loose a fusillade of pungent suggestions, leaving them dumbfounded and momentarily speechless.†   (source)
  • He didn't mean it in a daring way, he was just dumbfounded by the idea of Leslie being scared.†   (source)
  • Mack stood dumbfounded and mute.†   (source)
  • After a moment, Kvothe took the pen and completed the list himself, asking the dumbfounded Chronicler to correct him if he made a mistake.†   (source)
  • I wanted to say the words Your daughter is the monster here, but I couldn't—not until we'd told the police—and so I remained dumbfounded, trying to think of what I could say.†   (source)
  • Even after the mediation of her son, who was dumbfounded by so many different requests, Fermina Daza was firm in her rustic notion that the dead belong only to the family, and that the vigil would be kept at home, with mountain coffee and fritters and everyone free to weep for him in any way they chose.†   (source)
  • The people were dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer her.†   (source)
  • Her mother sat dumbfounded as Alberto came forward and began to speak directly to Sophie.†   (source)
  • But the aspect of married life that dumbfounded him and rendered him totally disfunctional was the appearance of children.†   (source)
  • I was just dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • She was dumbfounded, unable to respond.†   (source)
  • Alex asked, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • When I first visited the homes of whites, I was often dumbfounded by the number and nature of questions that children asked of their parents—and their parents' unfailing willingness to answer them.†   (source)
  • "What?" she says, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • A council member asked the Ethiopian woman sharply if she had such a license, and when the woman said yes, council members looked at each other in a dumbfounded way and fell silent until someone suggested they move on to other business.†   (source)
  • Dumbfounded, Eragon made no response, and she stepped past, leaving him alone in the night.†   (source)
  • I was dumbfounded, and hungry.†   (source)
  • He was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The cowboys were mighty surprised to see a lone figure walking toward them from the west, and dumbfounded to learn that he was a sheriff from Arkansas.†   (source)
  • Howard was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Okay, I shouldn't make remarks about his ears, but he did appear to be dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • He discovered several woolen blankets and brought them back to his dumbfounded comrades.†   (source)
  • It was pretty straightforward and shockingly innuendo-free, so I'm momentarily dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • "I already know what you know" I was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • And she rushed up to me and then stared at the latch, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Yossarian was dumbfounded by his state of rapturous contentment.†   (source)
  • Lena was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • They were assembled around a particular building, and stood gazing up at it in dumbfounded wonder—just as we were, now.†   (source)
  • I have never been more dumbfounded in all my life.†   (source)
  • Valentine seemed dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Tom stared, dumbfounded at Raison's arrogance.†   (source)
  • Lettie stared at him, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Are you kidding?" asked a dumbfounded Cesar Faz as he sat in a small metal-framed chair on the opposite side of his manager's desk at Fundidora.†   (source)
  • Then she came to the chapter on Pierre de Fermat, whose mathematical enigma, "Fermat's Last Theorem," had dumbfounded her for seven weeks.†   (source)
  • Dumbfounded, I could only look into the box as Mother bragged on, "This one's for sharpshooting …. and this one's for basic training …. ah, this ….†   (source)
  • But when I looked at the other I had a shock which brought me up dumbfounded, and staring at him.†   (source)
  • The Thief stared, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • "David," said Max, dumbfounded by his roommate's offer, "there's no way–"†   (source)
  • Courtney breathed, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I'm just about dumbfounded at that.†   (source)
  • "You have?" she asked, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • And then I turn to face thirty dumbfounded expressions.†   (source)
  • Wulfgar was dumbfounded and couldn't find the words to reply.†   (source)
  • I was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • He stared dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • When the Shirriffs came up to the lower one they were dumbfounded; but as soon as they saw how things were, most of them took off their feathers and joined in the revolt.†   (source)
  • Anne called wildly after him, not caring in the least for the other dumbfounded onlookers.   (source)
    dumbfounded = too surprised to know what to say or do
  • Matt Sloan, who'd been standing there dumbfounded the whole time, finally came to his senses.†   (source)
  • Katherine stared dumbfounded at the reverend.†   (source)
  • My mouth drops open and Henri stares at Sam, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The second cop chuckles, amused by the dumbfounded look on Roland's face.†   (source)
  • Osip looked at the Count as if dumbfounded, then let out a laugh.†   (source)
  • Alberto and Sophie were utterly dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Pansy resumed the slow stroking of Malfoy s hair, looking dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • As he watched my dumbfounded expression, the seriousness left his face.†   (source)
  • Dumbfounded, Langdon studied the seven symbols.†   (source)
  • He was just dumbfounded that the whole thing could even be an issue.†   (source)
  • The lights stun him and he seems dumbfounded, trying to figure out where they're coming from.†   (source)
  • He looked around frantically, so dumbfounded and confused he didn't know what to do.†   (source)
  • Max sat, dumbfounded, while Dr. Rasmussen's attorney stood and issued a stunned objection.†   (source)
  • Now it was Glensather's turn to stare dumbfounded at his companions.†   (source)
  • Both armies stared, dumbfounded, as the forty-foot-tall gold and ivory statue came in for a landing.†   (source)
  • Orik uttered a cry and looked about, wild-eyed, while Roran, Jormundur, and Orrin stood dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Richter called out to the dumbfounded customs master.†   (source)
  • I glanced to Loor and she had the same look of dumbfounded surprise on her face that I'm sure I had.†   (source)
  • I'm kind of dumbfounded by the request, but I don't want to be rude.†   (source)
  • 'Oh, no,' groaned the chaplain, sinking down dumbfounded on his cot.†   (source)
  • He stared at her, dumbfounded, but her expression immediately soured.†   (source)
  • "Are you a dentist?" the dumbfounded sergeant asked.†   (source)
  • Max felt his cheeks burn as the First Years looked at him, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Jeod paused at their dumbfounded expressions.†   (source)
  • RUTH is dumbfounded) RUTH: What kind of dance is that?†   (source)
  • Standing in the barn next to his perfectly sound horse, Smith was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • But I watched, dumbfounded, as Fang's hands slid slowly up her back, holding the girl closer.†   (source)
  • When I told him the organization was far older than the National Party, he was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I do not know if I looked dumbfounded, but I was amazed.†   (source)
  • They were staring up at him, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The guard was standing at the door, dumbfounded, staring at the little man on the motorcycle.†   (source)
  • The driver looked dumbfounded and then dismayed.†   (source)
  • I stared at him dumbfounded as he chanted the Gregorian version of this famous text.†   (source)
  • He and his host priests were quite dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I was truly dumbfounded by this deep fury that possessed her whenever she looked at me.†   (source)
  • He heard a weak sort of moan beside him and looked around to see Mrs. Weasley gazing, dumbfounded, at the poster.†   (source)
  • As I was in mid-sentence, Andy abruptly turned away and moved over the lip of the ice slope, leaving me sitting there dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I said, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The others were dumbfounded, including Number Two, who had shadowed Mr. Benedict to the wheelchair and seemed at a loss what to do.†   (source)
  • that I sat dumbfounded among the Chinese antiquities and Greek vases, wanting to say something clever while at the same time terrified of attracting attention in any way, feeling tongue-tied and completely at sea.†   (source)
  • I'd been watching all this from a recliner a few feet away, dumbfounded, terrified to move or make noise, frantically scribbling notes.†   (source)
  • Junior Varney stops, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I stood dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I watch him, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Mack shook his head, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Before she had been married a year, she moved through the world with the same assurance that had been hers as a little girl in the wilds of San Juan de la Cienaga, as if she had been born with it, and she had a facility for dealing with strangers that left her husband dumbfounded, and a mysterious talent for making herself understood in Spanish with anyone, anywhere.†   (source)
  • Ron looked simply dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Mack was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I'm dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Mack was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • It worked, he thought, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • My sister was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The job took over completely, and it was only later that he would wonder, slightly dumbfounded, how long it had been since he had felt that pure, trippy, wonderful feeling of being fully involved with something he was good at.†   (source)
  • Leo stared at him, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I said, genuinely dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • He stared at her, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I stared at him, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I asked, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Frank was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I thought, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • They both stared, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • He was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • They sat dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The giant was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Luke stared at him, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Their bureaucratic rationale dumbfounded the Marine general: "due to limitations on the availability of ships, difficulties of ammunition replacement, and the loss of surprise."†   (source)
  • Jill blinked, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Milo was dumbfounded when he stepped down to the ground and found a contingent of armed M.P.s waiting to imprison the German pilots and confiscate their planes.†   (source)
  • Roran was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Salander sat dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Reyna stared at her, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • I'm momentarily dumbfounded, wondering how he knew where I lived, when I remember that he picked me up for that ill-fated party last week.†   (source)
  • I was right on their tails, while still concentrating on holding the beam steady to keep the dumbfounded knight entertained.†   (source)
  • The dog whimpered and squealed in brute, dumbfounded hysteria at the end of an old Manila rope and groveled and crawled on its belly without resisting, but the man beat it and beat it anyway with his heavy, flat stick.†   (source)
  • I asked, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Mrs. Daneeka was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The girl was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • For as the stunned verbeeg stared dumbfoundedly at its friend's brains splattered all over its club, the drow's curved blade sliced under its rib cage, tearing through lungs and finding its mark in the monster's heart.†   (source)
  • Grand and the woman gazed after him, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Bilbo saw it go right through the Great Goblin as he stood dumbfounded in the middle of his rage.†   (source)
  • "Yes, they'll go back immediately," replied Ashley and he avoided Scarlett's dumbfounded gaze.†   (source)
  • 'Lord Alloway the thief,' I said, dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • … Virginia's Senator A. Willis Robertson rose and declared himself "dumbfounded yet inspired" that a man "whom we tried to kill with an atomic bomb came to the Senate floor and, offering up thanks to the same God we worship, thanked Him for America's great spiritual heritage, and then asked God to bless every member of the Senate."†   (source)
  • And a Police Inspector is on his way here—to ask some—questions — (As they stare guiltily and dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Lord Alloway seemed dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The prince beholds, dumbfounded, not only hisfriend transformed into the living personification of the Support of the Universe, but the heroes of the two armies rushing on a wind into the deity's innumerable, terrible mouths.†   (source)
  • Rieux was dumbfounded, and, to add to his amazement, he saw, or seemed to see, the man beside him making as if to take off his hat with a sweeping gesture, bringing his hand to his head, then holding his arm out straight in front of him.†   (source)
  • And a dumbfounded Hans Castorp had to watch as Ferge pulled the dreadful case from under his cape.†   (source)
  • But I'm not there yet," Hans Castorp said, dumbfounded, keeping his seat.†   (source)
  • I was absolutely dumbfounded by the risks you take with oils, I would never have the courage.†   (source)
  • Pyotr Ilyitch was simply dumbfounded when he went into the police captain's.†   (source)
  • Pyotr Petrovitch indeed seemed almost dumbfounded for the first moment.†   (source)
  • This said, the Canadian withdrew, leaving me close to dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • Raskolnikov was dumbfounded for a minute, but only for one minute.†   (source)
  • All this had happened with such swiftness that I had stood motionless, dumbfounded and dazzled by the flashes of light.†   (source)
  • Certainly he fidgeted on his chair a good deal, exclaimed, 'Ah, Mr. Kurtz!' broke the stick of sealing-wax and seemed dumbfounded by the accident.†   (source)
  • With two very simple questions, it seemed, he had dumbfounded him, refuted every possible argument, even the world republic and beautiful style.†   (source)
  • I reminded her how the Queen had been to Ireland when she did not want to go, and I must say she was dumbfounded, and made no reply.†   (source)
  • She was as angry with herself as with Anne, because, whenever she recalled Mrs. Rachel's dumbfounded countenance her lips twitched with amusement and she felt a most reprehensible desire to laugh.†   (source)
  • The Mormon was dumbfounded.†   (source)
  • The Manager [dumbfounded].†   (source)
  • And Roberta, dumbfounded by this sudden termination of all her hopes in connection with him and realizing at last that not only had she been misled by Clyde's information in regard to this doctor, but that her technical as well as emotional plea had failed, now walked unsteadily to the door, the terrors of the future crowding thick upon her.†   (source)
  • For a moment perhaps I stood there, breast-high in the almost boiling water, dumbfounded at my position, hopeless of escape.†   (source)
  • As to Belknap, Mason's revelation at first caused him to drop the pencil with which he was making notes, then next to stare in a puzzled and dumbfounded way, since they had no evidence wherewith to forefend against such a smash as this—But as instantly recalling how completely off his guard he must look, recovering.†   (source)
  • The people at the other tables were staring their way now, all ears—actually at only one table, since the Swiss guests had already gone and only the Dutch were listening with dumbfounded expressions to this erupting dispute.†   (source)
  • Vassily Ivanovitch was dumbfounded.†   (source)
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