dumbfound
verb (used with object)
to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
had dumbfounded
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past perfectof dumbfound.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"When is it?" she asked the Tamburini, who, a moment before, had dumbfounded her with the money.
From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus
