dumbfound

[USA]/dʌmˈfaʊnd/
[Iso-Britannia]/dʌmˈfaʊnd/

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Word Forms
Third Person Singulardumbfounds
Past Tensedumbfounded
Present Participledumbfounding
Past Participledumbfounded

Esimerkkilauseet

She was dumbfounded by the terrible news.

Hän oli sanattomana kauhistuttavista uutisista.

she was dumbfounded at the sight that met her eyes.

Hän oli sanattomana näystä, joka avautui hänen edessään.

Don't tell me without a doubt this dumbfound luck has all run out.

Älä sano minulle, että tämä uskomattoman onnekas tilanne on loppunut.

His denial that he had witnessed the accident dumbfounded me.

Hänen kieltämisensä siitä, että hän oli todistanut onnettomuuden, hämmennytti minut.

I've seen more than a few hives throwing off a swarm, and never has one failed to transfix me utterly, or to dumbfound everyone else within sight of it.

Olen nähnyt useita mehiläispesiä, joista irtoaa parvi, ja yksikään niistä ei ole koskaan epäonnistunut lumoamaan minua täysin tai yllättämään muita näköetäisyydellä.

Her sudden resignation dumbfounded her colleagues.

Hänen äkillinen eroamisensa järkytti hänen kollegoitaan.

The magician's disappearing act left the audience dumbfounded.

Magian katoilumppu jätti yleisön sanattomaksi.

The complexity of the situation dumbfounded even the experts.

Tilanteen monimutkaisuus järkytti jopa asiantuntijoita.

The unexpected plot twist in the movie dumbfounded the viewers.

Elokuvan odottamaton juonenkäänne järkytti katsojia.

His sudden outburst of anger dumbfounded everyone in the room.

Hänen äkillinen raivokohtauksensa järkytti kaikki huoneessa.

The news of her promotion dumbfounded her coworkers.

Uutinen hänen ylennyksestään järkytti hänen työtovereitaan.

The scale of the natural disaster dumbfounded the entire nation.

Luonnonkatastrofin laajuus järkytti koko kansaa.

The teacher's unexpected announcement dumbfounded the students.

Opettajan odottamaton ilmoitus järkytti oppilaita.

The sudden change in weather dumbfounded the meteorologists.

Sääolosuhteiden äkillinen muutos järkytti meteorologeja.

The discovery of a new species in the jungle dumbfounded the researchers.

Uuden lajin löytyminen viidakossa järkytti tutkijoita.

Reaali­elämän esimerkit

His sudden appearance, alive, at a press conference dumbfounded his grieving friends and colleagues.

Lähde: The Economist (Summary)

He turned to talk to someone about an old college friend, cutting me off completely, and I stood there dumbfounded.

Lähde: Flowers for Algernon

I guess maybe because I was dumbfounded by the way it was going.

Lähde: Serial

Julien wanted to laugh, and stood there dumbfounded.

Lähde: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Julien was dumbfounded with admiration for so fine a ceremony.

Lähde: The Red and the Black (Part One)

It dumbfounds me how the word " refugee" is considered something to be dirty, something to be ashamed of.

Lähde: TED Talks (Video Edition) June 2017 Collection

He soon created a general sensation, as some uttered a cry of indignation, and others were dumbfounded with astonishment.

Lähde: The Red and the Black (Part One)

Kuldeep Singh Brar who's now retired, said he was dumbfounded by allegations that British Special Forces had advised on the operation to remove Sikh separatists from the Temple.

Lähde: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

In January, it dumbfounded netizens by introducing a new product completely unrelated to its expertise, luosifen, a rice noodle product that is arguably one of the most talked-about Chinese street foods and which has many young fans.

Lähde: Selected English short passages

The collective “we” are dumbfounded that people still drive drunk, so I’ll sum it up like this. If you drive drunk, you — simply put — are a shortsighted, utterly useless, oxygen-wasting human form of pollution, a Darwin award-deserving, selfish coward.

Lähde: Anecdotes of celebrities

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