Sentence examples for to be stumped from inspiring English sources

Mr. Berg, the biographer, professes to be stumped.

Zardari pretends — but just barely — to be stumped by accounts of his former exploits.

So when the issue is one which diplomats have deliberately clouded in ambiguity for decades, even the most learned semiotician is liable to be stumped.

Asked why the men had been taken as EPWs, when none were armed and all were wearing civilian clothes, the MoD appeared to be stumped.

Netherlands 71-7 (ten Doeschate st Akmal b Malik 14) ten Doeschate drags Malik for six but then becomes the third Netherlands batsmen to be stumped.

Even after Stanton found the film's proper locale and established the love interest — the probe droid Eve — he and the Braintrust continued to be stumped by exactly how to place Wall-E in jeopardy at the end.

And at the rally — where he was meant to be stumping for the state's Republican candidate for Senate, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey — he let the audience know just how he was taking the news.

After an on-site consultation, Mr. Giangrande admitted to being stumped.

"There's a joy to being stumped by something with your friends for a little while," Mr. Smithyman said.

1.10pm BST 12th over: Bangladesh 69-4 (Shakib 20 Nasir 7) Shakib is so close to being stumped here.

Gabriel Presler, an analyst at Morningstar Inc., has tried to determine why these funds do not work, but she professes to being stumped.