Whether she had always been half-witted, or whether the shock of death and solitude had rendered her so, no one knew.

The shock of seeing the visions and being touched by the shades of the dead rendered me unconscious.

What was apparently pure shock rendered Lord Worth temporarily speechless; then in a hoarse voice he said: "Great God almighty!

The mere shock to his eyes had rendered his ears, almost useless.

He had simply feared that the shock of Bruce appearing so lifeless at a corporate viewing might render him speechless.

The shock of cold pond on her skin, the whole humiliation of standing drenched before him yet again, rendered her incapable of speech.

The shock of the assault combined with the blow to the head and the choking of air, rendered the man unconscious.

He argued that transverse shock would have rendered Wang's immobilization mechanism ineffective, as it would not have prevented further motion that could knock other balls out of their position.

The shock of winning rendered Mr. Nelson briefly berserk, then kept him awake most of the night.

The shock of the incident renders Shion unable to speak, forcing her to communicate by writing on a pad.