nonplused
nonplussed BrE

Even the lieutenant seemed nonplused for a moment, but he recovered quickly.

The 88-year-old comedian seemed nonplused yesterday as he talked about the occasion.

I was so nonplused I couldn't think of anything to say.

For once in his life, the stolid janitor appeared nonplused.

Neo-Orpheus looked nonplused, as if the answer meant nothing to him.

"Here," she added, pushing the boots back at the nonplused saleswoman.

There, Elk and two others were innocently watching the nonplused firemen.

The Shadow pretended to be as nonplused as his two companions.

All at once, he looked nonplused, an unfamiliar expression for that stem countenance to bear.

He was afraid of being treated as a provincial if he showed himself too much nonplused.

Judging by the nonplused looks, probably not.

The youth stood there with the coin in his fingers, nonplused and bewildered; of course he had not understood a word.

Kim was looking nonplused, Chris shrugged without looking up.

Hundley appeared nonplused as he easily made the catch.

She had reason to feel nonplused.

Betty shook her head and looked nonplused.

The officer stared at her in nonplused silence, then said with sudden determination, "Get up and dress.

The nonplused crew stared at him.

The server, not our waiter, seemed nonplused.

Raven's eyes turned a nonplused color.

She skidded on her heels to slow herself, nonplused but exhilarated by his sudden burst of energy.

Carpenter was more nonplused than before.

The young man seemed nonplused.

Sir Thomas appeared nonplused, but not, as Gavin had feared, angry or distressed.

The Hurricanes never seemed nonplused.

She seemed nonplussed for a moment, but made a decision.

As I said before, at first almost everyone was sort of nonplussed.

The Major was nonplussed by this, and could think of nothing say.

The boy looked nonplussed, as if no one had ever asked him that before.

"He turned around and was a little nonplussed as to where to go," the man said.

He looked a bit nonplussed, but there was no fear in his voice.

He was always nonplussed by his own plays on words.

Nonplussed, he seated himself across the small table from her.

Yet he was nonplussed by the number of attacks on that single day last week.

A 10-year-old boy, walking across with his parents and little brother, was nonplussed.

"I'm nonplussed by issues big and small about the course of events going back to January."

The students were nonplussed by the apparent change of subject.

On the other side of the stage, Daddy looked very nonplussed.

Leonard was nonplussed; he did not know what to say.

She stood outside his door after five minutes of knocking, nonplussed.

The girls stared at her, as if they had never seen their mother so nonplussed either.

I was nonplussed to be in a fight with a priest.

School advisers were nonplussed at first, then later told me she was almost ready to return.

It was the first time he'd seen the alien nonplussed by anything he had said.

In a few moments he turned to me, slightly nonplussed.

The smile disappeared at her words, and he looked nonplussed.

For the most part the babies inside seem merely nonplussed.

I stared nonplussed at him for a moment, then understood.

Looking nonplussed, she set it carefully on a low table and returned her attention to him.

And you'll remain nonplussed even after an outbreak or two.