stunned; stunning
1
: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
2
: to shock with noise
3
: to overcome especially with paralyzing astonishment or disbelief
Examples of stun in a Sentence
Verb
The angry criticism stunned them.
His old friends were stunned at his success.
She sat in stunned disbelief.
There was a stunned expression on her face.
weapons that can stun people temporarily
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Verb
Haley Lu Richardson stunned the Berlin Film Festival photocall for dystopian comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die on Friday evening with her impromptu acrobatics.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
But in a sudden shift that has stunned the space community, the billionaire has made the moon a new priority.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
When Wilkinson and Noble left that day, both were stunned by the scale of it.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Stoddard was stunned as Kanai got up and finished behind Wang.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Stun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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stun
transitive verb
stunned; stunning
: to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow
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