How to Use speechless in a Sentence

speechless

adjective

• I was speechless with shock.
• Your story left me speechless.
• Once the actress got the frock on and stepped out for the first time, people were speechless.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2020
• Just three shifts in the unit left her nearly speechless.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 2 July 2020
• After the footage was shown the reporter was left speechless.
  — Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2022
• The final scene in the When Calls the Heart season 7 finale left Hearties speechless.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2020
• The judges gave Moten a standing ovation and were left speechless.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2021
• The dying moaned appeals for aid or, speechless, rolled their heads from side to side and writhed in agony.
  — Tiana Clark, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2021
• Once that was done, Van Auker was no longer speechless.
  — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2022
• Elsea was trapped in the machine—hunched over, eyes open, conscious but speechless.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 30 Mar. 2017
• The before-and-after images of his head will leave you speechless.
  — Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2021
• What’s the aspect of [Doncic’s] game that every night leaves you most speechless?
  — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020
• This leaves us a little bit speechless, but the search for Noah continues.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 29 June 2019
• The title grants him enough parkour powers to run up the speechless invaders and lop their heads off.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2018
• Here, in the ofuro, is a kind of sharing that is often speechless but far more resonant.
  — Hanya Yanagihara, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2017
• But Close was left speechless last spring when he was tasked with preparing the body of a man who had been shot in the head with an assault-style weapon.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 June 2022
• To watch Dawson City is to be pulled back into the past, speechless and humbled, as the dead reveal their secrets.
  — J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 27 Sep. 2017
• Blair was made speechless by the gesture, this time from gratitude.
  — Wendy Kaur, ELLE, 18 May 2022
• Moments later, Leno is speechless again as Manning fumbles with the clutch and gas, failing to get the car in gear.
  — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• That finish, and nearly four hours of football, were enough to leave a man drained but hardly speechless.
  — Don Williams, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
• The woman in the audience must have been rendered speechless.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2017
• The young teen is rendered completely frozen and speechless.
  — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 8 Feb. 2021
• As the fire department arrived and worried wedding guests scattered around the streets, the bride and groom were speechless.
  — Washington Post, 24 June 2021
• While citizens made their voices heard on the streets, some world leaders have been left speechless.
  — Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 3 June 2020
• Jennifer Love Hewitt is ringing in the back-to-school season with the ultimate first-day swag — and fans are speechless.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2022
• The decision on whether Chefboybonez advanced to the next round came down to a speechless Stonestreet.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 24 June 2020
• Prattville coach Caleb Ross was almost speechless Friday night.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 9 Nov. 2019
• When a splice of the viral video was played during the September 21 taping of the daytime TV show, Whoopi appeared speechless.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
• Portugal’s coastal views will leave you speechless and look like something straight off a postcard.
  — Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 17 June 2019
• The outcome stunned viewers, the rest of the table and Adelstein, who looked dumbfounded and was speechless for more than 90 seconds after Lew revealed her hand.
  — Andrea Changstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024