[ US /ˈspitʃɫəs/ ]
[ UK /spˈiːt‍ʃləs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. temporarily incapable of speaking
    struck dumb
    speechless with shock
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How To Use speechless In A Sentence

  • The shock of the discovery rendered him speechless.
  • Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.
  • It left us both joyful and speechless, happy to be home again but sad that this great trip was over.
  • The news left us all speechless.
  • I did appreciate the 50-year-old unicyclist who drew an unamused Howie Mandel into his act and rendered him momentarily speechless. Matt's TV Week in Review
  • She stared hard at the blonde, and fumbled for words, but was speechless.
  • He was struggling to read a funny e-mail, but it rendered him speechless, so he segued into the next song without introduction.
  • Lena simply stared at him across the table, open-mouthed, speechless, to say the least.
  • Carl heard these words from far away and though they conferred on him a feeling of complete despair they roused him briefly from his speechless stupor.
  • I. ii.188 (19,2) [There is a prone and speechless dialect] I can scarcely tell what signification to give to the word _prone_. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies
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