"Nonplussed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to her ears. Greyhounds are peculiar Dogs. Anything that runs away, they are going to catch and kill if they can. Anything that is calmly facing them becomes at once a non-combatant. They bounded over and past the Coyote before they could curb their own impetuosity, and returned completely nonplussed. Possibly they recognized the Coyote of the house-yard as she stood there wagging her tail. The ranchmen were nonplussed too. Every one was utterly taken aback, had a sense of failure, and the real victor in the situation was felt ...
— Johnny Bear - And Other Stories From Lives of the Hunted • E. T. Seton
... called at my house, bringing a draft of the opinion of himself and his associate which he sought to submit to me for criticism or modification, saying that I knew much more about the case than they did! He was nonplussed at my refusal to read the document, and left saying "acqui tiene V. nuevo servidor." [498] Had I redrafted the opinion, as I might have done, my "new servant" would have called later ...
— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester
... back and forth, hopped nimbly along the branches and raised their voices in low churrs or louder agonized wails. The cub was nonplussed and stared at the birds, at first blankly, then angrily; but they grew constantly more impertinent, even making daring sallies at his face as if to ...
— The Black Phantom • Leo Edward Miller
... a moment of general bewilderment. The nonplussed magistrate strove to understand. Suddenly, he started, as though struck with a ...
— The Hollow Needle • Maurice Leblanc
... and faced Hal threateningly. The lad was nonplussed. He had no idea that his bluff wouldn't work. He knew of course that he could never ...
— The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign - The Struggle to Save a Nation • Clair W. Hayes
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