DUMB in a Sentence
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74 example sentences for DUMB, such as:
1. She was struck dumb for a moment.
2. He's been deaf and dumb since birth.
3. Everyone knew his dumb devotion to her.
4. They were struck dumb by some sort of shock.
5. The whole world was filled with dumb yearning.
2. He's been deaf and dumb since birth.
3. Everyone knew his dumb devotion to her.
4. They were struck dumb by some sort of shock.
5. The whole world was filled with dumb yearning.
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Meanings and Examples of DUMB
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dumb
a. temporarily incapable of speaking
a. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1 It was a shy secret spot, full of the same dumb melancholy that Ethan felt in his heart.
2 He laughed until he choked, peering at her in the shadows as she sat, stricken dumb, pressing her handkerchief to her mouth.
3 She was struck dumb for a moment.
4 Everyone knew his dumb devotion to her.
5 No; but here thou beholdest even in a dumb brute, the instinct of the knowledge of the demonism in the world.
6 Such were the sounds that now came hurtling from out the old man's tormented sleep, as if Starbuck's voice had caused the long dumb dream to speak.
7 If by day they chanced to speak one word; by night, dumb men were both, so far as concerned the slightest verbal interchange.
8 The two youngsters stayed dumb with amazement before what they considered to be an apparition.
9 But they sat dumb, gazing back at him, panic-stricken; and a second later came another piercing scream.
10 In the room he sank into a chair, trembling like a leaf, Marija still holding him, and the women staring at him in dumb, helpless fright.
11 Jurgis stood stricken dumb, and his heart gave a leap like a mad thing.
12 The death of the colt sits heavy on the heart of its owner," said the scout; "but it's a good sign to see a man account upon his dumb friends.
13 The youth looking at him, could see that he, too, like that other one, was beginning to act dumb and animal-like.
14 They were struck dumb with surprise when Napoleon announced that he had sold the pile of timber to Frederick.
15 The whole world was filled with dumb yearning.
Example Sentence:
1 Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the dumb understand.
2 They begged him to explain, but he remained dumb.
3 She never seemed to completely shake the dumb blonde image off.
4 He's been deaf and dumb since birth.
5 They were struck dumb by some sort of shock.
6 A ceremony followed, in dumb show, in which it was easy to recognize the pantomime of a marriage.
7 "Now, sir, what did you want to treat that poor dumb beast so, for?" "I done it out of pity for him -- because he hadn't any aunt."
8 Nest has made quick inroads in the consumer market by adding wireless intelligence to thermostats and other "dumb" devices.