How to Use nonplussed in a Sentence

nonplussed

adjective

• Fox seemed nonplussed to be at the beginning of a process that could end in a life sentence.
  — Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2020
• But Wei-Chen — the son of a deity, and secretly new to human life — is nonplussed.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2023
• Then Benoit Blanc arrives, and Miles seems genuinely nonplussed to see him.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2022
• Nikola Jokić, on the other hand… …seemed almost too nonplussed for a guy who just won the title.
  — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2023
• No reason for fans not to be a bit nonplussed by the signing of Dylan Bahamboula.
  — James Reade, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• But the urgency of that phrase is belied by his croaky, nonplussed delivery.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2023
• Loder looked on, nonplussed, but never lost his composure.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
• But no one seeing an Ashland house for sale during a Saturday open house could remain nonplussed.
  — oregonlive, 29 May 2021
• Baby Yesenia isn’t the first to be born in the medical center’s parking garage, Andres and Cooper noted, nonplussed.
  — Kara Nelson, CNN, 3 Sep. 2023
• Brian Szasz, stepson of passenger Hamish Harding, on the other hand, was nonplussed.
  — Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 July 2023
• And last year, the Russians demonstrated a humanoid military robot to a seemingly nonplussed Vladimir Putin.
  — Erico Guizzoevan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2016
• Logan asks a nonplussed employee at one point, before answering his own question.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023
• Pinkett Smith looked nonplussed, apparently prompting Smith, who initially laughed at the joke, to snap, as attendees looked on in disbelief.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2022
• The nonplussed detectives who interview Dmitry about the night of the murder seem to have wandered in from a different novel, one in which personalities are coherent, cause leads to effect, and clues build toward an answer.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• The Danish-Norwegian group, however, is decidedly nonplussed.
  — Mike Wass, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024