dumbfound

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I felt that in such surroundings it were not difficult to dumbfound a wandering nomad with miracles, because Nature herself had prepared the setting for it.

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  • Colin went on to dumbfound the poor copper telling him that he —  British Blogs
  • "I think he's a good president," I told her, which seemed to dumbfound her, and wreck my chances of appearing on her show. —  For the Good of the State
  • As it was put to me by one Miami Heat season seat holder, "That's why I have my tickets and go to the games, because you just never know when he (Wade) will dumbfound you with his play." —  Sportsnet.ca - Sports News
  • Everyone rushed towards her and were dumbfound to see a black reptile ... hissing and moving rapidly!
  • Bush and his Masters knew that after 9 / 11 the public would be dumbfound and could be manipulated into participating in their own enslavement. —  Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free
 

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/dumˈfaʊnd/
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