Examples of stupefy in a Sentence
stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days
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Jeffrey Marcus, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The past proves stupefying, in fact, considering how Black people emerged out of the inhumane system of slavery and gained a semblance of equality.
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On view are a stupefying assemblage of paintings among the most celebrated from the Impressionist movement and Modernism more broadly.
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News coverage can’t prepare you for the stupefying endlessness of the destruction, nor for the metallic stench that seeps in through closed windows.
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Jeffrey Marcus, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The past proves stupefying, in fact, considering how Black people emerged out of the inhumane system of slavery and gained a semblance of equality.
—Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
On view are a stupefying assemblage of paintings among the most celebrated from the Impressionist movement and Modernism more broadly.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
News coverage can’t prepare you for the stupefying endlessness of the destruction, nor for the metallic stench that seeps in through closed windows.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stupefy
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“Stupefy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupefy. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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stupefy
verb
stu·pe·fy
ˈst(y)ü-pə-ˌfī 
stupefied; stupefying
Medical Definition
stupefy
transitive verb
stu·pe·fy
ˈst(y)ü-pə-ˌfī
stupefied; stupefying
: to make stupid, groggy, or insensible
stupefied by anesthesia
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