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nonplussed
1. I expect her to be enthusiastic about it, yet I am nonplussed at her immediate frigidity: “I have nothing to do this afternoon, but I am not in the mood of going to such a lecture, I had better stay home alone,” she announces in a low voice and leaves me wondering, since she has always given me the impression of being very interested in such matters
2. Harry was nonplussed and his superiors were otherwise too engaged to notice his brief absence
3. Torbin was nonplussed, he had been focusing on the data collected from the Elusiver craft
4. Rosemary arched her eyebrows, nonplussed, as if she had forgotten all about what day it was and what they were supposed to be celebrating
5. ’ Jimmy was nonplussed; he wouldn’t pretend to understand the science of it
6. The elf blinked his large eyes at Kevin Beecham, who looked even more nonplussed
7. Momentarily nonplussed, Lyra couldn’t hold the question back any longer
8. It seemed confused, nonplussed
9. The yard man was nowhere to be seen, and nonplussed; she regarded the chuff-chuffing machine, as it rocked and vibrated about a half-metre away from her bedroom wall
10. ” Somonik replied, nonplussed at the abruptness of the question
11. She stared at them, nonplussed
12. She left behind a somewhat nonplussed official
13. He looked nonplussed, then grinned in relief
14. I was a bit stunned and nonplussed as I sulkily replied
15. Ruth tilted her head sideways directly into his line of vision, she seemed a little nonplussed
16. Ruth, nonplussed, whispered Chris’ name a couple of times and he came back to reality and started shaking
17. He was momentarily nonplussed
18. But he was not nonplussed
19. Erik was also rather nonplussed by that, as it was basically offering the ship on a platter to the approaching small boats, who were now about three miles behind and still going at top speed
20. ” Asia seemed completely nonplussed over this revelation concerning my true identity
21. The inspector looked at her nonplussed but nevertheless took the paper out of the Detective Sergeant’s hand
22. The charge of bias left Sampath nonplussed
23. He reached for his notebook and scribbled his sorriness, and gestured for her forgiveness, and seemingly feeling his impulse, even in her nonplussed state, she glanced at his message only to ignore him thereafter
24. At that before a nonplussed Roopa could respond to Sathyam, Prasad had stormed in
25. Reaching her home post-haste, the nonplussed couple found their benumbed lover lay on her husband’s body
26. Nonplussed though, I rushed to a specialist, who said the tests could go awry at times, and how I wished that was the case in my case; anyway, putting my fears at rest, he said that even otherwise, he would treat me in time to make it harmless for my bride
27. For the slightest of moments, she was nonplussed; the sensation
28. ” Psychically, Olive meant everything, emotionally she was nonplussed by what had just happened and what she had become accidentally implicated in, and intellectually she was speaking literally
29. ” nonplussed, BP began ascending the hill
30. The constable appeared nonplussed, as if she didn’t know whether to take issue with Danny or the photographer
31. Nonplussed, she took refuge in cheerful encouragement
32. Laura sounds distressingly nonplussed by that response
33. All were nonplussed by this but they didn’t have time to muse on it because
34. ‘No offence meant,’ he said, which nonplussed Simon again
35. Even in the haze of his pain, Simon saw that Manfred was nonplussed by these developments
36. Robert, completely nonplussed, gazed at her
37. No wonder they become utterly nonplussed when the discrepancies involved in such a course are brought squarely to their attention through other scriptures
38. „Don't you?' came his reply to which I offered a nonplussed shrug of my shoulders
39. position and bestowing my reverence upon him; but he remained nonplussed
40. For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly devolved upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned
41. Stepan Arkadyevitch felt completely nonplussed by the strange talk which he was hearing for the first time
42. Casselli seemed momentarily nonplussed, then he collected himself and spoke
43. "That's a pity, now, Josh," said Raffles, affecting to scratch his head and wrinkle his brows upward as if he were nonplussed
44. Japan ran the main railway through Manchuria, so in September 1931 Japanese agents blew it up at the junction at Mukden and then said the Chinese did it! ‘Blow up our railway, would you?’ said the Japanese government to an understandably nonplussed Chinese government, and immediately sent troops into Manchuria to, er, restore order
45. The priest was still off on errands around the city, and after a few walks about the green to assuage their consciences, all had returned, nonplussed, to intelligence headquarters
46. For a minute the young man stood completely nonplussed; then, flushing slightly with some embarrassment, he raised his eyes and looked at the frightened ladies
