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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a little speechless" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a feeling of being momentarily unable to speak, often due to surprise, shock, or strong emotion.
Example: "When I heard the news, I was a little speechless and didn't know how to respond."
Alternatives: "somewhat at a loss for words" or "a bit dumbfounded".
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It left me a little speechless".
His recent admission that he found his six-year-old son Brooklyn's homework difficult left us a little speechless.
I have been silent and a little speechless since.
I think he was a little speechless, but managed to express that this was an unprecedented experience for him.
It's not in our nature to be catty, but some outfits that came down Sunday's red carpet left us feeling a little speechless.
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Mark Nixon, who heads Reading University's Beckett International Foundation and was among the team bidding for the manuscript, said: "I'm still a little bit speechless.
The number of ways by which restaurants have to fuck things up, the bad ones, leaves me speechless — for a little while, until I sit down to write".
The accident left the bus in a ditch, a Chevrolet Tahoe crumpled like tissue and a little congregation in Central Texas numb and nearly speechless.
He was actually speechless, then he started opening up a little bit.
A little later, Lowe joked, "there's still time, by the way," which rendered Mika temporarily speechless.
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