STUNNED in a Sentence

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79 example sentences for STUNNED, such as:

1. The fall stunned me for a moment.
2. The punch stunned me for a moment.
3. The impact of the ball had stunned her.
4. And she was too stunned to cry or to speak.
5. The finished effect was absolutely stunning.

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 Meanings and Examples of STUNNED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
stunned
 v.  make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
 v.  overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
Classic Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  Some of the women were weeping with joy, but most looked too stunned to realize the heavy blows that had fallen upon them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  It was a ghastly trip home, with Aunt Pitty crying into her handkerchief, Melanie sitting erect and white and Scarlett slumped, stunned in the corner of the carriage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  And she was too stunned to cry or to speak.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  Now, as she looked at Rhett, she felt the same way she had felt then, breathless, stunned, nauseated.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  He stepped abruptly down from the wagon and, as she watched him, stunned with bewilderment, he came around to her side of the wagon.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
6  The combined shock of the coming of the Yankees and her death had stunned him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  Now the curtain had been rung down forever, the footlights dimmed and the audience suddenly vanished, while the stunned old actor remained on his empty stage, waiting for his cues.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  She was blinded by her hair and stunned by his action.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
9  She would be stunned and incredulous and would speak gentle words that stung despite their gentleness, would talk of honor and honesty and truth and duty to one's neighbor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
10  She said "Oh" in a stunned voice and tightened her fingers over her crimson face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
11  And Carreen was too stunned by grief and her hurt at Ashley's treachery to interfere.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
12  Her eyes blazed with enthusiasm and happiness and the two stared at her, Ashley with a queer stunned look, Scarlett with surprise mingled with shame.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
13  But even before these sounds arose, the ladies looked at one another stunned.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
14  But, added to her stunned sense of loss at Frank's death, were fear and remorse and the torment of a suddenly awakened conscience.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
15  "She would be stunned and incredulous at the first signs of my gentility," said Rhett, arising lightly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.
2  The fall stunned me for a moment.
3  Redfern stunned the crowd with a last-minute goal.
4  The blow on his head stunned him for a moment.
5  The impact of the ball had stunned her.
6  The punch stunned me for a moment.
7  News of the disaster stunned people throughout the world.
8  Canadians are stunned that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer while others have plenty.
9  Last week, investors around the world were stunned when Bill Gross, the co-founder of Pimco - the world's largest bond fund - announced his departure from the firm. But what is Pimco, and how did it and Mr Gross come into prominence?
10  The dress was absolutely plain, but quite stunning.
11  The finished effect was absolutely stunning.
12  The scene was stunning, and for a time engrossed all our attention.
13  Even from a distance the effect of his fox costume was stunning.
14  The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance.
15  His speech in the Euro debate was hardly stunning.