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Example sentences for: stumped

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Sure, Hillary stumped brilliantly for Charles Schumer; but why would she want to subject herself to what the WP calls the "tabloid-soaked culture" of New York ...
The NYT reports that the "spirited contests" between candidates isn't enough to spark much enthusiasm for the old-fashioned exercise in democracy: though presidential hopefuls have stumped tirelessly throughout the state (save John McCain, who is skipping Iowa to concentrate on next week's primary in New Hampshire), only one-ninth of registered voters are expected to turn out Monday night to stand up and nominate their candidates.
This has stumped almost everyone with one exception.
I frequently engage in it myself when stumped by the complexity of an algorithm.
He stumped me when reporting that the dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov had been shited dine when trying to speak in the Soviet Parliament.