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Six example sentences with nonplussed, each labelled with its topic.
The rookie stood nonplussed at the free throw line after the referee waved off his winning basket.
Basketball
Handed a live crab and no instructions, the contestant stood nonplussed while the timer ran down to nothing.
Cooking
The attorney looked nonplussed when her own witness suddenly praised the defendant she had spent weeks discrediting.
Law
We stood nonplussed on the empty platform, timetable in hand, until a porter explained that the station had moved.
Travel
The engineer was nonplussed when the crash vanished the moment she attached the debugger, then returned when she closed it.
Technology
The pianist looked nonplussed when the audience applauded between movements, then bowed and simply went on playing.
Music
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