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The flashing, long-lashed eyes, the red lips, the coils on coils of fluffy hair, the swishing silk, unfamiliar furs, sparkling jewels, and the slender French heels were stupefying.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston

In a week the provider came to them bringing more food and drink, but warned them not to drink of the fountain, as its waters were stupefying.

From Brendan's Fabulous Voyage A Lecture delivered on January 19, 1893, before the Scottish Society of Literature and Art by Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, Marquess of

But to Berkley nothing in the world seemed familiar any longer; and the strangeness of it, and the solitude were stupefying him.

From Ailsa Paige by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)