adjective
stunned
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
In a sentence
Six example sentences with stunned, each labelled with its topic.
The arena went quiet, ten thousand stunned fans watching a half-court heave drop as the buzzer sounded.
Basketball
She looked stunned when her name was read out, and the camera caught her friend gripping her arm.
Movies
The founders sat stunned in the lobby, having been offered four times what they had dared ask for.
Startups
Stunned astronomers rechecked the signal three times before announcing that the distant planet's atmosphere held water.
Science
Stunned traders watched the currency lose a fifth of its value before lunch, and the central bank said nothing until evening.
Finance
The stunned audience sat silent for ten full seconds after the final chord, then rose all at once.
Music
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