Sentence examples for stun from inspiring English sources
The word "stun" is correct and usable in written English
It is a verb that means to surprise or amaze someone, usually with something unexpected. For example: "The crowd was stunned when the magician revealed his surprise trick."
verb
To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
- Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
Ziegler, who was beside him, seemed unsure which weapon to use; in the space of seven seconds he returned his handgun to its holster, replaced it with a Taser-style stun gun that cast a red laser dot on Jeanetta's torso, only to put it away and switch back to his handgun.
Police shot David Cawston with a Taser stun gun when he emerged from the house in order to "effect a safe and secure arrest", a spokesman said.
Winless Sampdoria rescued a point at the end to stun Torino and clinch a 2-2 drat athehe Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
One of them, a uniformed beat officer, fired a stun gun at Jordan Lee Begley after being called to his house in Gorton, east Manchester, on 10 July 2013.
As police were seen handcuffing the volunteers, a seventh man walked past and was apprehended, after one officer with a handheld stun gun asked him where he was going.
Instead, they subdued her with a stun gun.
But the project to build a dam on the river Tescou became a national drama after the death of a 21-year-old protester on October 26th, apparently hit by a police stun-grenade during violent demonstrations.
On the morning after the evictions, fresh riots erupted in the Old City, with televised exchanges of rocks and firecrackers (from Palestinians) and stun-grenades (from the Israel riot police) in the doorway of the al-Aqsa mosque; there are conflicting accounts of how far the police went in.
To ward off anticipated Palestinian demonstrations in the wake of the UN vote in New York, Israeli soldiers armed with stun-grenades, tear-gas and a foul-smelling liquid known as skunk have moved into settlements near Palestinian towns.
On the day of Mr Feiglin's visit Israeli police padlocked Muslim protesters inside the al-Aqsa mosque to keep the peace, and fired stun-grenades and tear gas through its windows.
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