daze
/deɪz/ verb C2- To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear. · Near-synonyms: confuse, benumb
He/she/it dazes · Past dazed · Past participle dazed · -ing form dazing
Verb forms
- Base form
- daze
- He/she/it
- dazes
- Past
- dazed
- Past participle
- dazed
- -ing form
- dazing
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The inspector looked from one to the other of us in dazed astonishment.
The man stood blinking at us with the dazed look of one who comes from the dark into the light.
I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes’ triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, of the cabman’s dazed, savage face, as he glared at the glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists.
The old lady was too dazed with grief to be of any use to us, but at her side was a white-faced young lady, who introduced herself as Miss Violet Westbury, the fiancée of the dead man, and the last to see him upon that fatal night.
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