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Example sentences for "nonplused"

Lexicographically close words:
nonoil; nonoperational; nonpareil; nonpartisan; nonpayment; nonplussed; nonprofit; nonproliferation; nonregional; nonresident
  1. Walter was nonplused when he saw the trio approaching in so friendly a manner.

  2. We maturer, urban folk are never, of course, in the least nonplused by those contemptuous, blase silences of waiters who possess the bearing and manner of a governor or a capitalist.

  3. The artless sincerity and the soft sweet voice quite nonplused Aunt Priscilla.

  4. Several of the younger men were quite nonplused at this arrangement, for they had planned some rather rough fun in a serenade, thinking the bridal couple would stay in town.

  5. Doris looked nonplused and began to draw her brow in perplexed lines.

  6. To say that I was nonplused is to say less than the truth; I was amazed.

  7. Travelers are looked upon as fair game in Spain; and still one is rather nonplused to be importuned for coppers by well-dressed strangers, and is apt to conclude that sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.

  8. He was a little nonplused by her naïve warmth.

  9. Still he was a little nonplused by the excessive precipitation of this family.

  10. I could see from Mr. Royce's face how absolutely nonplused he was.

  11. For a moment, I was too nonplused to speak; I could only stare at her.


  12. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nonplused" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.