stupefy
verb (used with object)
to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
had stupefied
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past perfectof stupefy.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I gazed at her with the same bewildered fascination that had stupefied my reason and judgment when I beheld her for the first time.
From Vendetta: a story of one forgotten by Marie Corelli
As riflemen they had stupefied the enemy, brought to a sudden check by forces they had despised.
From Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs
Her anxiety and fatigue had stupefied her and benumbed her faculties.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
The anguish of the long hours during which she had been making up her mind what to do in the emergency that had arisen, had stupefied her so that she could not think clearly.
From The Philistines by Arlo Bates
Last night the thing had stupefied him so that he could not think.
From The Combined Maze by May Sinclair
