How to Use dumbfound in a Sentence

dumbfound

verb

• Collins has been dumbfounded by the struggles of Bruce and d’Arnaud.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2016
• His jumps went sour in both the men’s program and the team event, and he was dumbfounded as to what went wrong.
  — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2018
• Jason was dumbfounded by the sight, shocked by the cold, unable to move.
  — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• Some fans are dumbfounded by the news... Others are mad...
  — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 28 Feb. 2019
• These two lucky people were eating out and were dumbfounded when a stranger paid for their meal.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 16 Apr. 2020
• For many the apology did not suffice, with consumers dumbfounded as to how the ad ever got the go-ahead.
  — Casey Quackenbush, Time, 8 Oct. 2017
• But even the Stevenson men’s lacrosse coach was dumbfounded by the litany of season-ending ones that plagued his defense.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 21 June 2018
• Still dumbfounded by what's causing this, the United States has been at a loss to offer advice.
  — Josh Lederman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• David Cutbirth, the long-time mayor of the nearby town of Monahans, is dumbfounded by it all.
  — David Wethe / Bloomberg, Time, 10 July 2018
• In a decade of dumbfounding Champions League comebacks, this is the one that remains the most mindbending.
  — SI.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Wonders and his teammates, not to mention the fans at Breslin, were dumbfounded on two levels.
  — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2020
• While many were dumbfounded by his spacey idea, Towkio's unorthodox move seemed like a natural one for him.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2018
• Photo: Mike Theiler/Reuters The press was dumbfounded, and both left and right were thrown into disarray.
  — Joseph Dorman, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
• The moves dumbfounded some investors, who consider the economies in the United States and elsewhere as more solid than the turmoil suggests.
  — Jason Karaian, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• One county technician, dumbfounded by the whoosh of code rocketing across the screen, somberly took out his phone and began to film it.
  — Benjamin Wofford, Vox, 25 Oct. 2018
• Fetzer told The Washington Post in an email he was dumbfounded by the ruling in Wisconsin.
  — Susan Svrluga, courant.com, 9 July 2019
• The witness said he was dumbfounded by what the suspect told police who responded to the incident.
  — CBS News, 2 Mar. 2018
• The Brewers had shifted their infield to the left, leaving Martinez dumbfounded.
  — Jorge Castillo, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
• Nikki, dumbfounded, accepts the car but in return is tasked with delivering a message to the wicked.
  — Zane Moses, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2017
• The other bachelors were dumbfounded, crowding around the window and wondering what in the world was going on.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 14 May 2019
• McAfee was dumbfounded by what had just unfolded before his eyes.
  — Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2020
• Mr. Chavin was dumbfounded, but still believed his friend was innocent.
  — Charles V. Bagli, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2017
• These dumbfounding slanders, delivered by Joseph McCarthy on the floor of the Senate in the summer of 1951, are well and deservedly forgotten.
  — James D. Hornfischer, WSJ, 3 May 2018
• And so, layer by layer, this dumbfounding movie devises its magical recipe, and dares us to resist it: ketchup, mustard, two slices of pickle, and hold the irony.
  — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
• So when the Yugoslavian ethnic wars happened we were dumbfounded.
  — Ryan Gaur, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
• We’ve been talking to family and friends, and everyone is dumbfounded.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• When Wardle has Bobby and David watch Perlman's interview on a laptop, the brothers are dumbfounded.
  — J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 5 July 2018
• My friend was dumbfounded by the coincidence, but Farquaad acted fast.
  — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 29 June 2018
• As a physician, van Terheyden said, he’s dumbfounded by the company’s policies.
  — Patrick Rucker, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2023
• I am dumbfounded by this occurrence, and am taking steps to prevent its reoccurrence.
  — K.m. McFarland, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2015

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