The stupefying impact of the tragedy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A stupefying blow to the head. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
These are best described as a stupefying roar of bombast occasionally interrupted by a few words of real sublimity. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
Sitting in a cubicle is "stupefying" and isolating, only intensifying a social need. From Wordnik.com. [Another Meeting?] Reference
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In my last article I asked for "stupefying" moments out of largely selfish reasons. From Wordnik.com. [EPL Talk] Reference
They should not get fooled by the "make believe" kind of stupefying, deceptive advertisements. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Headache, from the stupefying effects of smelling it. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
After a minute that stupefying fact became equally clear. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
Archipelago of the Antilles, is used for stupefying fish. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
The possibilities were stupefying too dreadful to be believed. From Wordnik.com. [The New Terrorism] Reference
The smell of the lyddite was nauseating, the uproar stupefying. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
I believe that when taken in excess, it has a stupefying effect. From Wordnik.com. [Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life] Reference
Parthas, the gods are stupefying us, since those arrows shot by both. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
With that stupefying diagnosis my future disappeared down a dark tunnel. From Wordnik.com. [Focusing On The Moment] Reference
That terrible battle, capable of stupefying the three words, is at hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Hence, to go one step farther, the stupefying of so many minds in our schools. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
This news spread rapidly from Tivoli, where it occasioned a stupefying surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Balloon Ascents] Reference
It's actually pretty stupefying the Isiah deal got as far down the court as it did. From Wordnik.com. [Isiah Goes Hither, The Knicks Go Yon] Reference
Now, if Selig really didn't know, he is guilty of stupefying neglect and incompetence. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Weiler: Bud Selig Should Be Barred From the Hall of Fame] Reference
Every limb now ached, and his brain still felt the stupefying effects of his late swoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
And it was thus that deity of fierce rays, stupefying her, entered into her by virtue of. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
He erects shrines to his ideals, and he burns upon them good, strong, stupefying incense. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
It is absolutely stupefying to think how few shots hit the mark in the excitement of a fight. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
And once more he pierced him with three other arrows, stupefying that hero of the Satwata race. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
BURNETT: Tatum's stupefying ability could make him difficult to listen to, says Jim Lester (ph). From Wordnik.com. [Art Tatum: A Talent Never to Be Duplicated] Reference
Then stupefying all sides, O king, with his shafts, Karna deeply afflicted Yudhishthira the just. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
(Soundbite of laughter) SIMON: That is one of the most stupefying pieces of music that I've ever heard. From Wordnik.com. [Annoying Music For Labor Day] Reference
Shourie begins this compendium of examples of stupefying bureaucratic obstructionism with a hilarious one. From Wordnik.com. [THE CURSE OF RED INK] Reference
It was as though their profession affected them the way that living in a close, dark room would, stupefying and making them bestial. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
The rise of "Hollywood's greatest entrepreneur" is riveting; the details of what seems like every deal he ever made become stupefying. From Wordnik.com. [What Makes David Run] Reference
There could be no beginnings for her, because she had already reached the end -- reached it with such a stupefying suddenness that for. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
But he yielded too quickly for her to hope that he renounced his project, and she remained under the influence of a stupefying terror. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This way out consists in refusing to enter into the army, before one is subjected to the stupefying and corrupting influence of discipline. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
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