How to Use speechless in a Sentence

speechless

adjective
  • I was speechless with shock.
  • Your story left me speechless.
  • Once the actress got the frock on and stepped out for the first time, people were speechless.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Just three shifts in the unit left her nearly speechless.
    Allie Morris, Dallas News, 2 July 2020
  • After the footage was shown the reporter was left speechless.
    Carmela Chirinos, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The final scene in the When Calls the Heart season 7 finale left Hearties speechless.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2020
  • The judges gave Moten a standing ovation and were left speechless.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The dying moaned appeals for aid or, speechless, rolled their heads from side to side and writhed in agony.
    Tiana Clark, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Once that was done, Van Auker was no longer speechless.
    Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2022
  • Elsea was trapped in the machine—hunched over, eyes open, conscious but speechless.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 30 Mar. 2017
  • The before-and-after images of his head will leave you speechless.
    Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • What’s the aspect of [Doncic’s] game that every night leaves you most speechless?
    Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020
  • This leaves us a little bit speechless, but the search for Noah continues.
    Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 29 June 2019
  • The title grants him enough parkour powers to run up the speechless invaders and lop their heads off.
    Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Here, in the ofuro, is a kind of sharing that is often speechless but far more resonant.
    Hanya Yanagihara, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2017
  • But Close was left speechless last spring when he was tasked with preparing the body of a man who had been shot in the head with an assault-style weapon.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 14 June 2022
  • To watch Dawson City is to be pulled back into the past, speechless and humbled, as the dead reveal their secrets.
    J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Blair was made speechless by the gesture, this time from gratitude.
    Wendy Kaur, ELLE, 18 May 2022
  • Moments later, Leno is speechless again as Manning fumbles with the clutch and gas, failing to get the car in gear.
    Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • That finish, and nearly four hours of football, were enough to leave a man drained but hardly speechless.
    Don Williams, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
  • The woman in the audience must have been rendered speechless.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The young teen is rendered completely frozen and speechless.
    Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 8 Feb. 2021
  • As the fire department arrived and worried wedding guests scattered around the streets, the bride and groom were speechless.
    Washington Post, 24 June 2021
  • While citizens made their voices heard on the streets, some world leaders have been left speechless.
    Charlie D'agata, CBS News, 3 June 2020
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt is ringing in the back-to-school season with the ultimate first-day swag — and fans are speechless.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The decision on whether Chefboybonez advanced to the next round came down to a speechless Stonestreet.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 24 June 2020
  • Prattville coach Caleb Ross was almost speechless Friday night.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 9 Nov. 2019
  • When a splice of the viral video was played during the September 21 taping of the daytime TV show, Whoopi appeared speechless.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Portugal’s coastal views will leave you speechless and look like something straight off a postcard.
    Danielle Pointdujour, Essence, 17 June 2019
  • The outcome stunned viewers, the rest of the table and Adelstein, who looked dumbfounded and was speechless for more than 90 seconds after Lew revealed her hand.
    Andrea Changstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022

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