Sample sentences for NONPLUSSED

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confused emotionally

She was nonplussed by the bluntness of the question.

JOHNSON (Nonplussed) You know, me and you ain't never agreed about some things, Lena Younger.
Lorraine Hansberry -- A Raisin in the Sun

nonplussed = confused emotionally

I was puzzled, nonplussed, and groping in the dark.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
The clerk was nonplussed.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
Stepan Arkadyevitch felt completely nonplussed by the strange talk which he was hearing for the first time.
Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
De Klerk was again nonplused.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
The guy looks nonplussed.
John Green -- Paper Towns
Since Hyperion was explored four centuries ago, the Core has been concerned and nonplussed.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
When the train pulled in, she swooped forward to greet the nonplussed Ira, John, and Rene as they alighted.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
For myself, I laugh at these signs of lust; It doesn't please me at all to grow nonplussed.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
"You wait," he told his nonplussed wife.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
Varys reined up, nonplussed.
George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
Well, suppose it was?" returned Jett, nonplussed at this remark from the habitually unobserving Catlee.
Zane Grey -- The Thundering Herd
Arobin appeared nonplused, and asked Edna if there were any one else she cared to ask.
Kate Chopin -- The Awakening
The Colonel's wrath, under circumstances where almost any Texan would have been cool, nonplussed Duane, and he put it down to a choleric temperament.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
Kooa seemed nonplussed by his remarkable behavior.
Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf
KELLER [NONPLUSSED]: Then—do I understand you—propose—
William Gibson -- The Miracle Worker
She was nonplussed at the possibility of the errand being different from what she had thought.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
ALL TOGETHER: [except for JACQUES, who is nonplussed] Grandfather is dead, long live grandfather.
Eugene Ionesco -- The Future Is in Eggs
"I sure could use some lumber for my front porch," he said, nonplused.
Homer Hickam -- October Sky

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