sit speechless

Frequency: 5.03.1 per million words

To be sitting while being unable to speak.

speechlessVERBS + speechless

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sit

Examples (10)

  • After hearing the shocking news, she could only sit speechless.
  • He sat speechless, staring at the ruins of his former home.
  • The entire audience sat speechless as the magician performed his final trick.
  • We all sat speechless at the dinner table, processing the sudden announcement.
  • Sometimes, after a heated argument, it's better to just sit speechless for a while.
  • The children sat speechless, completely captivated by the storyteller.
  • She had to sit speechless for several minutes before she could compose herself.
  • He was so overwhelmed by emotion that he could only sit speechless.
  • Despite the chaos around him, the monk sat speechless, in deep meditation.
  • For a long moment, I just sat speechless, unable to respond.