Speechless

Examples

• To her surprise, Trenor answered the look with a speechless stare. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• For once in his life, the great Cuff stood speechless with amazement, like an ordinary man. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The company (out of respect to the Professor's memory) all sat speechless. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I trust in saying this--' For a moment the lady, with a glass at her eye, stood transfixed and speechless before the two Miss Dorrits. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He groped his way up, he entered the garret, he found Evadne stretched speechless, almost lifeless on her wretched bed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I was speechless. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Roderigo and Don Pedro flew to the rescue, and all were taken out unhurt, though many were speechless with laughter. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• His manners grew wild; he was sometimes ferocious, sometimes absorbed in speechless melancholy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Stanley Hopkins was speechless with amazement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I observed the speechless panic, the cups shaking in the little hand, and the overflowing teapot filled too full from the urn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This utter dependence of the speechless, bleeding youth (as a youth he regarded him) on his benevolence secured that benevolence most effectually. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This being something in the nature of a poser for Podsnap, he merely waves it away with a speechless wave. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mrs Wilfer rose, but remained speechless. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn is always the same speechless repository of noble confidences, so oddly out of place and yet so perfectly at home. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Philander lifted his other eye out of the mud and gazed in speechless rage at Professor Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Mr. Pickwick was struck motionless and speechless. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He demanded of the man the cause of the trouble, but the man was speechless. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She met Parker on the steps of the hotel, and placed her hand upon his arm, absolutely breathless and speechless. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Sir Percival turned on him speechless with passion. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She'd never have gone in her right mind, cried Hannah, staring after her, while the girls were rendered quite speechless by the miracle. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She stopped in speechless agitation, not crying, but feeling as if she were being inwardly grappled. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Thomasin was speechless with surprise. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• My niece's irrelevant maid stared, and stood speechless. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• My blood boiled at it--I started out of my chair--I was speechless with Indignation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Margaret had remained in the same state; white, motionless, speechless, tearless. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I then descried Mr. and Mrs. Hubble; the last-named in a decent speechless paroxysm in a corner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In the meantime his soldiers stood speechless and awe-stricken, for they heard the mysterious voice but saw no man. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He sat speechless, as white as the paper I am writing on, while I pushed her out of the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He was speechless for a moment. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She sat convulsed with fury and violation, speechless, like a stricken pythoness of the Greek oracle. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Typist: Randall