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Discover LudwigThe phrase "strike dumb" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to render someone speechless or unable to speak, often due to shock, surprise, or fear. Example: The sudden news of her promotion struck her dumb. She couldn't utter a single word for several minutes, unable to process the overwhelming emotions that flooded her. Note: This phrase can also be used figuratively, such as "The beautiful view struck me dumb." In this case, it means that the view left the person speechless or in awe.
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Advent for Daisy or Milo Antony Dunn O little child, o child to come knocking at the world's door, for whom, still, your small universe of womb is all there is to know, strike dumb the voices of our worldly gloom; no room, no room, no room.
I have seen nothing like it, in terms of the power to strike dumb and stupefy, since Jack Nicholson, introducing a tribute to Michelangelo Antonioni, showed the scene from "Zabriskie Point" in which a television set explodes into a thousand angry shards.
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They are struck dumb.
I was struck dumb with delight.
She seemed to have been struck dumb.
"I was struck dumb," Ms. Chipaumire said.
Has Mark really been struck dumb?
I completely panicked and was struck dumb.
Karen looked at me as if struck dumb.
"You seem to be struck dumb, Miss Steele," he wryly observes.
I was struck dumb when he responded "Astros".
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