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at a loss for words

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at a loss for words
unable to think of something to say. If I was alone with her, I'd feel at a loss for words.
Usage notes: usually this happens because you are surprised
See also: loss, word

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He who had taken hundreds of fair hands with sympathetic pressure--he who had offered fluent consolation, abroad and at home, to beauty in distress--was conscious of a rising color, and was absolutely at a loss for words when Emily received him.
And let me say that I am at a loss for words to thank you for your goodness to my poor dear.
 
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