stunned
deprived of consciousness or strength:When the fish came close enough, they would get bopped on the head with a club or an axe by the fishermen, who would then drag the stunned fish into the boat.
showing or reflecting astonishment, shock, or bewilderment:A stunned spectator managed a "You're kidding?" but nothing more.The curtain fell to a stunned silence, and then rapturous applause and hysterical laughter.
the simple past tense and past participle of stun.
Origin of stunned
1Other words from stunned
- un·stunned, adjective
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How to use stunned in a sentence
Several officers then closed in and took him to the ground, using a stun gun to subdue him.
Milwaukee to pay Bucks’ Sterling Brown $750,000, admit police violated his rights | Matt Bonesteel | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostGunshots rang out in Paris this morning on a second day of deadly violence that has stunned the French capital.
That November, many of us were stunned as voters in four states supported marriage equality at the ballot box.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality | E.J. Graff | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJohnson kept doing all he could, gazing down at those eyes that gazed right back at him with a seemingly stunned look.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI arrive at the bungalow and find his staff standing about stunned, some of them in tears.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He and Jessen convinced a stunned and desperate CIA that they were the ones to run a new interrogation program.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDe Castellor was now in his seat; and when Castanos came off; the Duke was stunned into stupor, overcome by the illimitable ruin.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHe recovered himself, however, in a moment, and fired—sending a ball into the brute which just touched the brain and stunned it.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneThe clerk went as he was bid, but stupified and stunned by the information he had received.
stunned by the reception they received, those who had not been killed or wounded beat a hasty retreat.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnOliver felt stunned and stupified by the unexpected intelligence; he could not weep, or speak, or rest.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles Dickens
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