nonplus
Examples |
- So The Revolution, from the start, will arouse, thrill, edify, amuse, vex and nonplus its friends. — The Life and Work of Susan B Anthony 01
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Come--obey my orders The renegade was a little at a nonplus, as he never had undergone the operation which he had described.
— The Pacha of Many Tales -
Wingate was now at a nonplus, and "could not well tell what to say."
— The Life of John Bunyan -
And down he sat at a nonplus, and very unhappy.
— A Simpleton -
They were put to a nonplus, and summoned the Devil to their relief.
— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) -
The renegade was a little at a nonplus, as he never had undergone the operation which he had described.
— The Pacha of Many Tales -
Prophets are never at a nonplus, and never surprised by a question; the more transcendental the problem, the more need for the prophetic gift to solve it.
— The Coming of the Friars -
When Diabolus heard this, and perceived that he was discovered in all his deceits, he was confounded and utterly put to a nonplus --; but having in himself the fountain of iniquity, rage and malice against both Shaddai and his Son, and the beloved town of Mansoul, what doth he but strengthen himself what he could, to give fresh battle to the noble Prince Emmanuel?
— Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 -
Ere they had been able to hit upon some escape from the nonplus, their attention was distracted by a rabble of men, women, and boys, who suddenly swept around a corner and flooded down the street toward them.
— Janice Meredith -
He was at a nonplus, and just about to return home and laugh at himself and the baroness for this wild-goose chase, when he fell in with a face he knew, one Mivart, a surgeon, a young man of some talent, who had made his acquaintance in Paris.
— White Lies