stun
verb (used with object)
to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc..
have stunned
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present perfectof stun.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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Club sources have maintained all season the Belgian would not be sacked regardless of whether they stayed up, so these developments will have stunned the hierarchy.
From BBC ● May 21, 2024
Her sudden illness and death seemed to have stunned officials.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
The conductor of “Lady Macbeth,” Keri-Lynn Wilson, was also making her debut, and showed mastery of Shostakovich’s score, which is in a savage, if often eerily beautiful, mode that would have stunned Donizetti.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
The plans have stunned local elected officials, with some worrying that the community will lose its distinctiveness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
By this time the noise in room 145 had reached a level that would have stunned, or possibly paralyzed, any other teacher at Denton Elementary School.
From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements
