Sentence examples for stumped from inspiring English sources

Lumb eventually went for 36, when he was stumped by India's captain, MS Dhoni, and, despite the late blows from Buttler and Moeen, the start that the openers had provided was again squandered because of England's inability to score against the spinners.

From the New Road end he certainly turned the ball sharply at times, managed to take the wickets of Rutherford – who, out of character with the tone of this particular innings, charged, missed and was stumped – and Mark Craig, who will be his Kiwi spinning counterpart at Lord's and drove to short extra cover where Ross Whitely took a sharp catch well.

At the outset, Tsiolkas seemed stumped when asked to explain the hatred expressed and analysed in his work.

Not necessarily because Bennett's team racked up the most points, but because it took up Murray's offer of a charity "bribe" to come top and stumped up a very generous £300.

The TV umpire Kumar Dharmasena gave Bopara out stumped after the ball bounced back off Matthew Wade's chest, but there was no clear evidence his foot had been raised at the crucial moment.

A few throwaway names would do for his undemanding audience but, even putting politics aside, he seems genuinely stumped.

Company Pictures stumped up around 25% of the funding for its US version of Skins in return for the international distribution rights, while Being Human was backed by Touchpaper TV's parent company Zodiak USA, which will sell it overseas.