Sentence examples for was stumped for from inspiring English sources

I thought only bad people get arrested?" I was stumped for a little bit.

Russell Pinch, a furniture designer, below, said he had longed to work with hazel wood but was stumped for a source.

Browne was stumped for 39 off Javid's fourth ball, Jesse Ryder's charge was defeated by Poysden's turn and Ravi Bopara chopped Patel to point.

During the process, a contestant who was stumped for an answer was allowed three assists: phoning a friend, polling the audience, or having the four multiple-choice answers reduced by half.

But how do you work out the return on investing in a sponsored hip-hop evening (a question another car company once asked Mr Farley of Toyota's Scion, who was stumped for an answer)?

The prime minister's spokesman refused point blank to address them, on the grounds that Number 10 never discusses reshuffles (although, when asked why it never discussed reshuffles, the spokesman was stumped for an answer and had to resort to "because we never do").

Somewhat improbably, he was stumping for the Senator in Miami.

Bergeron was stumping for herself on the Democratic ticket, and you, Boyd, were signing up Republicans.

Supporters flocked to his rallies where he was stumping for the opposition.

Mr McConnell was stumping for John Hoeven, the state's Republican governor and Senate hopeful.The Democrats' agenda has played poorly in North Dakota.

Nobody was stumping for Gibbons, though he held his own in the American League East near the height of the Yankees/Red Sox arms race in the mid-2000s.