daze
verb (used with object)
to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc..
Example Sentences
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The girl, still half buried, looks up dazedly as they tell her, “Dad is here, don’t be scared. … Talk to your dad, talk.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Wyden recalled being at home recently, barely awake after an exhausting legislative session and dazedly considering whether to make a sandwich, when Biden called just to check in.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2021
In and around this perplexity of difficult time, I dazedly chose or hired the companionship of unsavory types.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2015
I was dazedly scribbling something in my notebook when Vangelis Papachristos spotted me.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2014
Chess and Emma both watched dazedly as Natalie tilted the computer screen so she could see the coded message better.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
