be dumb
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
to be unable to speak
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Examples (20)
- When he asks her the big question, she is dumb with joy and can only nod.
- Don't be dumb - think before you act.
- The defendant was dumb during the interrogation, refusing to utter a single word.
- How can you be so dumb about technology?
- She was dumb with shock after hearing the news of the accident.
- I refuse to be dumb about this situation anymore.
- We were all dumb with disbelief when he announced he was quitting.
- Why would anyone be dumb enough to trust him?
- He has been dumb with grief ever since his loss, barely speaking to anyone.
- She pretended to be dumb to avoid answering questions.
- The audience will be dumb with awe when they see the final reveal.
- You'd have to be really dumb to fall for that scam.
- I might be dumb with fear if I ever saw a ghost.
- Don't be dumb - always read the fine print.
- Being dumb with astonishment, the child simply pointed at the huge birthday cake.
- He can't be that dumb - he's a college graduate.
- It's not that he's angry; he is simply dumb with exhaustion and doesn't have the energy to talk.
- It's better to ask questions than to be dumb about it.
- After the explosion, the survivors were dumb for several minutes, unable to process what had just happened.
- Nobody wants to be dumb in front of their colleagues.