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Example sentences for: stumped

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--Stumped
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.
He is determined to find a quick way out of the crisis, but is stumped about how to do that.
The Times is stumped by this, but the Post gets it: he's quoting a line Matthew Broderick used in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
I frequently engage in it myself when stumped by the complexity of an algorithm.