If her idea had been utterly to dumfound the unsuspecting professor, she succeeded admirably. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Says So] Reference
Books were written on the ethics of the game; experts came to the front; ping pong weeklies and monthlies were founded, to dumfound the masses, and the very air vibrated with the "ping" and the "pong.". From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
Genius can cross the Alps, can conquer Europe, can dumfound the world. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero and Some Other Folks] Reference
This force be a proper dumfound, a dole that will surprise a loved one. From Wordnik.com. [Article directories Celibataire Urbaine] Reference
He stared at her, whirled about, surveyed the vacant landscape, and once more turned dumfound-ed toward her. From Wordnik.com. ['way Down In Lonesome Cove 1895] Reference
This girl utterly dumfounded me, and in the conceit of youth I thought it strange that any girl could dumfound me. From Wordnik.com. [Lords of the North] Reference
After which remark, uttered in a way to dumfound Simon, Cecile rose; the others made way for her and she went to her mother, who was just finishing her rubber of whist. From Wordnik.com. [The Deputy of Arcis] Reference
For him it was no new conviction that his presence in any part of the world, from Africa to the steppes of Muscovy alike, was enough to dumfound people and impel them to insane self-oblivion. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
He invented the anemoscope and the air-balance, and being thus enabled to weight the air and note the changes that preceded storms and calms, he was able still further to dumfound his wondering fellow-Magde-burgers by more or less accurate predictions about the weather. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
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