Example Sentences

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Arion has set out to banish the philological quibbling and fusty Victorian translations that have stupefied students for generations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed the sight of Flamby's hair seemed almost to have stupefied her.

From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax

I have stupefied myself in this way more than once; indeed, I dearly love the feeling; but I never had it to the same degree as when paddling down the Oise.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

Generally he does not even move; I believe grief and pain have stupefied him.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix

Lady Elliston for a moment was silent: the confirming of her own suspicion seemed to have stupefied her.

From Amabel Channice by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas