| 单词 | speechlessness |
| 例句 | His speechlessness seemed to be an act of refinement. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Finally, Minya emerged, easing herself slowly through the gap to stand defiant before Sarai and Feral, Sparrow and Ruby, all of whom were stunned into speechlessness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Epstein’s initial speechlessness is a lens through which one might think about the book as a whole. In ‘Forest Dark,’ Nicole Krauss Plays With Divided Selves 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z When faced with an uncomfortable question, “there’s a moment of speechlessness, of neuromuscular lockdown in women.” Here’s How to Deal With Men (Thwack!) 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Specifically, she said, as we settled into her living room and the sky outside darkened, she had a fantasy of speechlessness. Shelley Jackson, Author and Advocate of the Monstrous 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Tortured, a person will say anything, which is another reflection of speechlessness; the point of torture is to make communication, the question-and-answer activity between two human beings, irrelevant. Torture and silence: Photos by Andres Serrano confront what we don't talk about 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z The moment of speechlessness was a fair reaction to unspeakable events, and the peculiarity of it indicated the difficulty of the terrain. At the Border, TV Networks Find Eloquence in Starkness, Speechlessness, and Disbelief 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Piano notes sound beneath Harrison Ford’s especially affecting speechlessness. ‘Alan Pakula: Going for Truth’ Review: A Hollywood Memorial for a Friend 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The Greek myth of personal speechlessness, which corresponds with the sculptor’s inexpressive, just-the-facts-ma’am artistic commitments, collides with an aggrieved story of persecution. The exhibition that has art fans in a fury: Our critic's take on MOCA's Carl Andre retrospective 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z He emerges from hiding, and they mark their delighted shock with a squeal or a laugh or speechlessness. T'Challa forever: We lost Chadwick Boseman but not the symbolism of what he represents 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z The continuing misadventures of Jorge Carrasco, the Mensa-candidate CEO of City Light, leave Mr. Wrap — who, for the record, deals professionally with industrial-strength stupid — humbled to the point of near speechlessness. City Light’s copper heist is pure-grade comedy gold 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Everyone has e-mails to which they cannot bring themselves to respond, for reasons of anxiety, speechlessness, or cowardice. Every Day Should Be E-Mail Debt Forgiveness Day 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Naturally, I had my “Ratatouille” flash of recognition: a momentary stunning into speechlessness. The Beef Patty Is Jamaica in the Palm of Your Hand 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Nicholl, who was born in Northern Ireland but has lived most of his adult life in the West Midlands, has a cheerfully pugnacious manner, and on 5 September his speechlessness didn’t last long. The challengers: six candidates out to topple the big names of UK politics 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Seeing it “just spinning there, spinning there, spinning there, over the same spot,” Hall said, “you can’t help but be awestruck to the point of speechlessness.” Slow, intense and unrelenting: The science behind Hurricane Dorian’s most dangerous qualities 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z In a moment of speechlessness, McCain replied, "I appreciate your honesty." Abrams schools McCain on AR-15 rifles: “It is possible to believe in responsible gun ownership” 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z After a moment of speechlessness, Jane offers a timid objection: “It’s American.” How a new technology is changing the lives of people who cannot speak 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Jolie for her part uses silence as a kind of metaphor for our collective speechlessness in the face of war’s horrors. Silence is golden? In the age of noise, filmmakers are suddenly embracing the quiet 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The company’s surprise announcement earlier this year stunned her to near speechlessness, she said. Thunderous applause, tears as the ‘greatest show on Earth’ takes a final bow 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z In the second year of my speechlessness, my family helped me travel to South Africa for a pioneering treatment. The Internet Restored My Voice When Doctors Couldn’t 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z There was a looming threat of speechlessness instead of dialogue and confrontation instead of co-operation. Merkel toughens tone with Putin 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Some of us may struggle with speechlessness, but there are many things to say about President Obama’s decision to widen his Iraq War with his new bombing campaign in Syria. Lies the media repeats about Iraq: Phony patriotism, fake Syrian “moderates” and the very real end of empire 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The newly released iPhone and iPad app The Silent History collects case histories of a future epidemic of speechlessness, in the form of a serial novel released one day at a time. One big fiction, read and written by us all 2012-11-25T00:05:03Z He was at last reduced to utter speechlessness. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z “I’m at a level of speechlessness about this,” Ms. Provost said, adding that the club’s lawyer had advised her not to speak to the press or to club members. Arts Club?s Expulsion of O. Aldon James Is Struck Down 2012-03-23T17:45:51Z The momentary glimpse of the great collie, in the merciless gleam of the lights, had stricken the whole party into an instant's speechlessness. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z "Distasteful!" cried Mr. Bettison, recovering after two or three unsuccessful attempts from his speechlessness. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z She appeared to be surprised almost into speechlessness when I presented it to her. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z And he tried to tell her, but he could not; he was speechless, and to him his speechlessness was agony. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Nannie seemed to be surprised almost into speechlessness by the other's attitude and manner of addressing her. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z We exchanged stares, apparently startled by each other's appearance into momentary speechlessness. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z The courage of such a suggestion, even coming from you, startles me almost into speechlessness. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z The question of what she could do found her relapsed into speechlessness. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z And a few lines afterwards, he says— One must for a short time, my friend, endure Hunger, and dirt, and cold, and speechlessness, And sullen frowns, and an unwashen face. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z We talked a great deal and between whiles there were long silences; perhaps these blissful moments of speechlessness were precisely the most beautiful. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z After several days of speechlessness it seems little short of marvelous to make a patient talk readily after a little massage of the throat. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The harsh, grating laughter, eloquent with scorn, devilish with malice, incredulity, and fury, turned the girl's outraged protest into speechlessness. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z On the third day, the Saturday, he was so wild at his wife's speechlessness, that he was wilder still with that kill-joy of an Everard. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Their love reveals itself to us even as to themselves, without a loud and jarring declaration, through its very speechlessness, as it were. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Truly, it may have been the swift access of anger that then tied my tongue, but I could not question that my sudden speechlessness told me I was losing the faculty of speech. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z As it eventuated, Jussieu was carried, still unconscious, to my room by two burly porters, whose garrulous surprise, occasioned by so strange a service, I reduced to speechlessness with gold. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Pausing here, in his speechlessness he indicated the door by pointing, and then fled the scene. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z I did not like them; their speechlessness irritated me, and I could not make-believe they were real babies. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Yet his deep breathing showed that this silence did not mean speechlessness. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z March 11, 2010 1:20 pm Link Sorrow, speechlessness, confusion and frustration. Muslims, Too, Perished in Nigerian Violence 2010-03-11T16:43:00Z Now Joe Gregory heard a choking breath, and for an instant there was no other sound; the man, catching the import of the gasping agitation, went on talking to its speechlessness. The Tempering And so, as the evening advanced, her happiness grew; impossible now to understand that speechlessness at dinner, impossible to find reasons for that earlier misery. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary It angered Connor, this mummery of speechlessness, but with his anger was an odd feeling of helplessness as though the other had a loaded gun at his head. The Garden of Eden Her walk of three miles or thereabouts, from our nearest telegraph office, brought her to my gate at three in the afternoon; and with her customary awed speechlessness she gave me her message. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday No wonder, then, that the pursuers wondered, even to speechlessness. The Boy Slaves Then the vividness of the girl's beauty had slowly worked upon him, rendering his speechlessness absolute. Mystery Ranch And as each of these women spoke she bent over the white face of the dying woman, and kissed it through the speechlessness their words had left upon their lips. When Ghost Meets Ghost They both halted, shocked into speechlessness by the look on his face. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel Her silence, luckily for her, was taken for the speechlessness of awe, and did a good deal to make up, in the eyes of her august relative, for her late indiscretions. Robinetta Each felt a shock of pain,—of hopeless despair,—that for some moments stunned them almost to speechlessness. The Boy Slaves It was rather ludicrous, really; reduced to speechlessness, he sat and stared blankly at a voluble James, prattling away about things which didn't matter. Love and Lucy Sudden success does not stop the heart with a jerk, or cause speechlessness, even for a moment. When Ghost Meets Ghost Surprise and indignation smote her with speechlessness, but her eyes were eloquent enough as she started up--and almost overturned the rickety table at which she had been dining. Nobody They were eloquent enough, even in their speechlessness, those three dead troopers, whose boots and coats were missing, and whose pockets had been turned inside out. The Dop Doctor Needless to say, the farmer and his family were reduced to a state of speechlessness. Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine What speechlessness and violent speeches,—reproaches and animosities! Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World And so one morning a few days later, when an incoherent summons came from her over the telephone, Eveley was astonished almost to the point of speechlessness. Eve to the Rescue Why, we might all have been captured and carried off—” The mere contemplation of such a fate, with all that it implied, was too much for the poor lady, and reduced her to speechlessness. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise From what the detective says, I judge he was frightened almost to speechlessness. The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure But Josephine, waiting at the corner, beheld and was impressed to the point of speechlessness. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk Each felt a shock of pain, of hopeless despair, that for some moments stunned him almost to speechlessness. The Boy Slaves As he said "good-bye" she turned her head, and the speechlessness of their farewell was deep with simple human passion. The Heart of Unaga In the moment of stricken speechlessness that followed, the sound of the final smash came softly up from the sidewalk. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day The chairman went into temporary eclipse by taking her seat, and the gathering no longer frozen into speechlessness by the realization that there was a motion before the house, rippled out in brook-like fluency. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Jesus rebuked the wicked spirit—cast out the demon that had obsessed the afflicted one and held him in the tyranny of speechlessness. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern No wonder then that the pursuers wondered, even to speechlessness. The Boy Slaves In her speechlessness tears actually rose to her eyes. The Heart of Unaga Mrs. Dorr was never afraid of the Indians, although they seemed very ferocious to her with their painted faces, stolid looks and speechlessness. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History You shall find his approach to the spirit of Christopher Wren is as clear and direct as his feeling for the vastiness of New England speechlessness. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Cotherstone sat staring at his tenant for a full minute of speechlessness. The Borough Treasurer I was alert to win her notice by any sort of indirection, and embarrassed to speechlessness when I had won it. Confessions of Boyhood Iráq were reduced to silence and speechlessness, some being amazed and others angered. A Traveler’s Narrative She had admired Blackleg—she was in love with him now that he belonged to her, but she was afflicted with a sudden speechlessness over the abruptness with which he had made the gift. The Boss of the Lazy Y But, then, she might have remembered that the minister's own words had been few, yet her very speechlessness before him had come from the deep pleasure that his presence had given to her. Faith Gartney's Girlhood Her lips were parted in their speechlessness and her eyes vacant of thought. Franklin Kane This brilliant speechlessness arises not through modesty, but ignorance. The President A novel Marcus was awed into speechlessness when his mother told him that the great man was personally to see to his registration and fees and clothes and books. Roads from Rome Again it seemed to me that Ray was troubled by a certain speechlessness. The Betrayal Whereupon the hulk of a son, consequential and patronizing, discoursed bunglingly, and at length, on his opinions and beliefs, until he was inflated to speechlessness by conceit, and his hearers disgusted into responsive silence. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Aye," said the old woman more firmly, nettled out of her speechlessness; "twenty returned; and twenty peas I dropped from hand to hand. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century Cornelius, whom disillusion had stricken into speechlessness at this revelation of the old Ned under the masquerade, sighed heavily and looked pained. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. The mere fact that she spoke, after that rather long blank period of speechlessness, and the cold blaze of her blue eyes that accompanied her words, effected more than the words themselves. The Real Adventure She waved a hand at the signboard, and collapsed into speechlessness. Christopher and Columbus But it was the speechlessness of rage—of wild and uncontrollable fury. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod These mysterious words, and the speechlessness of Audrey, upset him again. The Lion's Share Her mother's sulky speechlessness was worse than her scolding, and Julia had even wished her to resume her storming. The End of the World A Love Story "My name is St. George," he answered as well as he could for virtual speechlessness. Romance Island Our productivity has never been strongly original, and we now utterly fail to appropriate the spiritual life of other lands, and our spiritual deafness has brought upon us the speechlessness of the deaf-mutes. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 During no instant of the intervening hours did she lapse from studied speechlessness unless directly addressed, nor depart from an air of virtuous resignation to injustice and injury—quite exquisitely provoking to the onlooker. Deadham Hard And the light that went out from me was as a nimbus infolding every one in the speechlessness of my love. Paul Faber, Surgeon Women who had brought to it high messages of art and education had known what it was to be exasperated into speechlessness by what they were pleased to denominate the maternal obsession. The Precipice He had contemplated the disaster without making a gesture, without departing from his speechlessness. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen Apparently she interpreted his speechlessness in a different way. Trailin'! There were moments when only absolute speechlessness prevented her giving me a stupendous "talking-to"—I could see it in her eye. Tono Bungay It was solemn to see the startled face of a photographer, taken unawares, supplicating the purposeful infantry, before he was swept off his feet into speechlessness. Mr. Standfast The Rat grew more and more silent, and his silence was not merely a matter of speechlessness but of expression. The Lost Prince Loneliness comes with it, for he would share his mind with his friend, and he cannot; he is shut up in speechlessness. A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare With few and rather embarrassed words of departure, the young men left Florence to the company of Edna Hill, in whom astonishment had produced for once the effect of comparative speechlessness. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day Sudden division and high words would follow, with speechlessness on the mother's part in the rear, which might last for days. Heather and Snow Her composed speechlessness in the midst of uneasy chatter—the Englishwoman is seldom really self-possessed—carried with it a certain dignity which took the place of breeding. The Woman with the Fan "We must talk it over, dear, I suppose, I guess, oh, we must—oh, but you're so sweet—" and he relapses again into speechlessness. Young People's Pride A Novel She seemed to understand speechlessness, yet to take it lightly, as if on their account. A Fountain Sealed With the dazed speechlessness of one recovering from a sudden blow he turned to the table and bent over the papers that the Frenchman had laid out before him. The Danger Trail He kept his sinecure by mastering his tongue, preserving almost bovine speechlessness. Caesar Dies A crisis impended, out of the very speechlessness of the gathering. The Boss of Little Arcady But big George withdrew without a word, and the reason for his speechlessness was the glistening of his eyes. Gunman's Reckoning They walked away together in the calm speechlessness of Englishmen thrown together on matters of their daily business. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories If there are degrees in speechlessness, Kirk's aphasia became doubled and trebled at the sight of her. The Coming of Bill Then he looked deeply into her eyes, and felt a curious speechlessness coming over him, deep down in the ball of his throat. Philistia I stared at him, for some seconds, astonished into speechlessness. The Beetle I have seen this particular man pass from an ungainly speechlessness into brutal onslaughts on inoffensive persons; and it is one of the most unpleasant transformations in the world. At Large Had not my brother been present, her speechlessness and sudden seizure must have made her husband imagine I was some one different from a brother-as indeed at first it did. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini She went straight after the riderless horse, and when Silverbridge had reduced himself to utter speechlessness by his exertions, brought him back his steed. The Duke's Children If not sudden death, it meant speechlessness, and death as a finality. The Puppet Crown A speechlessness that socially was a defect in him was to her view a piquant attribute just now. Two on a Tower And long time speechlessness possessed him, and his eyes were filled with tears, and his full voice choked. The Iliad Nora Black simply went mad, but fortunately part of her madness was in the form of speechlessness. Active Service For the kings of finance speechlessness is counted a way of being strong, though it should rather be counted a way of being sly. A Miscellany of Men The Colonel's departure was followed by a period of temporary speechlessness. The Puppet Crown And he swaggered out before M. Binet had recovered from his speechlessness. Scaramouche The threatened quarrel was nipped in the bud by the discretion of Miss Sellars, who took the opportunity of the fat young lady's momentary speechlessness to introduce me promptly to both of them. Paul Kelver, a Novel At the age of eight or nine she said that she had flashes of speechlessness, and a thought which she cannot define, as of a horse or a man. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 Command respect, respect for all of us—” The last was barely audible, for by this time the ki-sang had stuffed his mouth to speechlessness. The Jacket (Star-Rover) Alfred met her, and his exclamation, and Florence's rapt eyes shining on her face, and Stillwell's speechlessness made her self-conscious. Light of the Western Stars After her first catamenial these flashes of speechlessness and thought came only at this time. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 |
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