While the wasp was absent, I stopped the entrance with a pellet of paper, and, when the little housekeeper returned, she was nonplussed for a moment or two, when she discovered that her doorway had been closed.
Its antagonist would appear nonplussed at such strange conduct, and would soon leave it alone.
The insolent swaggerer was nonplussed for the moment.
Slightly nonplussed he looked at me and grinned, saying, "Ah, you speak Italian!
The silence that ensued was almost painful, the child too astonished, the tutor too nonplussed to speak.
They were dreadfully nonplussed when they first caught sight of her in this costume, not being sure if it really was the Princess or not, but finally decided to render the customary honours.
The failure of their efforts enraged and nonplussedthe Germans.
But Sinclair was not so nonplussed as he had been at their first encounter.
Mr. Tanner stepped on hurriedly, and the minister was left standing nonplussed and alone in the doorway of the school-house.
The minister was rather nonplussed at first that there were no hymn-books.
The suddenness with which I had produced it startled and nonplussed her.
I saw my question had entirely nonplussed her, and I felt instinctively that I had uttered the truth.
Sam wasnonplussed for a moment, then a brilliant idea struck him, and his answer came out triumphantly: "Their own!
This nonplussed the teacher, who took a strategic movement to rear by saying, "Ah, yes!
Miss Cooper turned to me in blank amazement, and for a moment I confess that I was nonplussed myself by such singular conduct.
We had paused at the head of the stairs, two of us nonplussed and very curious.
The old man, toononplussed to wish to go further at this time, drove back to his office.
He was not at all sure, however, that Stener would return in time and was greatly nonplussed and uncertain for the moment as to what his next step would be.
There is no place in the world where the ordinary forces of colonization are so nonplussed as in Africa.
Here Stanley was utterlynonplussed by the confusion of river names.
Nonplussed the big 'un; shall have trouble with the little 'un," said Master Polwhele to his captain.
For once even she was nonplussedand at a loss for words.
Nothing, thanks," Dundee answered, grateful for her friendliness but nonplussed by it.
And, nonplussed thereby, he added lamely: "I should have liked to have seen Tod and your youngsters.
I felt somewhat nonplussed when he said this, but without answering I walked to the window, working with my needle as I was doing when he came in, and looked out as if I was expecting you and Jim to be coming.
Half opening his eyes he saw that Moriarity was standing up, nonplussed at something, and instantly he drew his revolver, and as Moriarity turned around covered him and ordered him to hold out his hands.
Suddenly, as if they had been swallowed by the earth, he was left alone in the dark, nonplussed and outwitted.
Billy had not at first caught sight of her, and was now plainly a little nonplussedover his unexpected guest.
The marksman looked nonplussed for a single instant.
