Even these hide and seek tactics did not long nonplus the. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
Anne looked at him, nonplus set Must she put a time on thinking?. From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Heart]
This reply seemed to nonplus us all with the exception of Maitland and Godin. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Which, for ‘nonplus’ v. gives ‘1. surprise and confuse; flummox 2. as adj. nonplussed unperturbed’. From Wordnik.com. [Friday! June 26 – The Bleat.] Reference
"Gertrude goes with me," I replied stoutly; for I thought Cousin John looked pleased, and Sir Guy was at a nonplus. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
Kirk was happy to claim extraordinary knowledge and nonplus Perrit and I've never seen him since back off this comment or apologize for its inaccuracy. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Kirk Knew Better Than Did His Constitutents; We Were Supposed to Trust Him and WWII Proved Him Out...Right?] Reference
You'll remember in his 2002 debate with Democratic candidate Hank Perritt, he used his military background and supposed extra insider information to nonplus Prof. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
Evan only knew how to deal with girls that young if he could bully them in front of a camera: and the idea that animals could be sweet instead of symbolic seemed to nonplus him. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
Here was a nonplus, not perhaps without its comical side. From Wordnik.com. [Chivalry] Reference
The adjurer appeared, for one moment, fairly at a nonplus. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
Even Nebuchadnezzar would have found himself at a nonplus. From Wordnik.com. [Life in Mexico] Reference
Glenister spoke with such conviction and heat as to nonplus. From Wordnik.com. [The Spoilers] Reference
How Panurge put to a nonplus the Englishman that argued by signs. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2] Reference
They were put to a nonplus, and summoned the Devil to their relief. From Wordnik.com. [A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)] Reference
Frenchmen, who now, unable to reach either of them, were at a nonplus. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Own] Reference
He wanted to nonplus and disconcert her, if such a thing were possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark House] Reference
You couldn't nonplus Billy that way, when he was in pursuit of his duty. From Wordnik.com. [The Cheerful Smugglers] Reference
Scotch domestic remaining entirely in a nonplus whether she had let in 'a leddy or a gentleman '!. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
"Why, the loon's but a bairn," said Mr Macdougall, at a nonplus for some objection to my promotion. From Wordnik.com. [On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story] Reference
It seems, however, that, in common with myself, your numerous correspondents are quite at a nonplus. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
The renegade was a little at a nonplus, as he never had undergone the operation which he had described. From Wordnik.com. [The Pacha of Many Tales] Reference
The army in one case, and the congregation in the other, must be all in suspense, and at a perfect nonplus. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
The size of this wager, together with the determination of its owner, appeared briefly to nonplus the dealer. From Wordnik.com. [The Winds of Chance] Reference
Roy could not answer him; he was at a nonplus; he was unable to say whether the codicil had been found or not. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
Before the other six are out, I shall find a way to nonplus the old gentleman, and I have told him so to his face. '. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum] Reference
It would even puzzle omniscience, and nonplus omnipotence itself, to find out a brighter argument to confound infidelity. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VI.] Reference
Utterly at a nonplus, she at length returned to the donkey -- that is, to the spot, so far as she could judge, where she had left it. From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
28 Bay of Condolence -- where we console our friends, if plucked, and left at a nonplus. From Wordnik.com. [The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life] Reference
It took more than that to nonplus Wexford. From Wordnik.com. [The Speaker Of Mandarin]
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