dumbstruck

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I suspect that while I was standing there dumbstruck, leaning over his chair not knowing what to say, Chris was struggling to engage muscles he hadn't been able to find in a while so he could slap me upside the head and yell at me:

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  • Judy watched dumbstruck, then realized she had to act. —  Scottoline, Lisa - Mistaken Identity
  • Ray stared, dumbstruck, at the sight: an enormous, two-story, Southern Colonial mansion, fronted by a colonnade, a gabled roof crowning a white clapboard facade...its balustrades and shuttered windows miraculously untouched by the raging blizzard. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • He halted in the center of the room and stood, dumbstruck, as she stripped leisurely out of her clothes, keeping her eyes on his face as a slight smile played around the corners of her mouth. —  A Taint in the Blood
  • They were stunned, dumbstruck, completely freaked out. —  Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
  • “He was always talking about you.” She stops, but Craig, dumbstruck, can't think of anything to say. —  AHMM,September2008
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