stupefy
verb (used with object)
to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
has stupefied
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present perfectof stupefy (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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No book has stupefied more golfers than Homer Kelley's The Golfing Machine, a 1969 treatise based on a geometric approach to the swing.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 31, 2017
The captivity of generations has stupefied him—the longing for liberty has died ages ago from out of his degenerated hare-brain.
From Vagaries by Axel Munthe
You can see how much he has stupefied and bewildered me.
From Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
They stumble upon jewels worth a month of strike pay—baubles whose loss has stupefied the County, and forget to mention it.
From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates
