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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 Corelli, Marie

Some suffered frightful agonies, but the shock to the nervous systems of others had stupefied them.

From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various

Thus engaged, I began to recover somewhat from the terror that had stupefied me.

From The Young Forester by Grey, Zane

But Sabina did not care; she had received news which had stupefied her for a time and hindered her in the execution of her designs—little Dick Vane was dead.

From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

As riflemen they had stupefied the enemy, brought to a sudden check by forces they had despised.

From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip